The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Joko Pelumi, accusing him of being involved in the killing of a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Akingboju Akindele, in the Ijede area of Lagos State.
The command also arrested 48 other suspects for the alleged murder.
The state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, on Monday said Akindele, who was a member of the command’s Anti-Cultism Squad, was killed when he and other members of the team went to Ijede to arrest some wanted cult members in the area.
He explained that suspected members of the cult waylaid the team and killed Akindele in the process.
He said the command immediately commenced investigation into the death of Akindele, adding that the investigation led operatives of the command to the house of the former speaker, Pelumi, where the suspects were arrested.
Imohimi said, “This is an unfortunate case because it involved the killing of a Deputy Superintendent of Police attached to the Anti-Cultism Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.
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