The Lagos State Police Command have sacked some officer in the power and downgraded some other. As indicated by the Commissioner of Police Edgal Imohimi, the cops sacked numbering eight were expelled over "intense criminal offenses". Edgal, additionally said that 108 officers were taught for different offenses from January to July, 2018 in the Lagos State Command.
He made the exposure at a Stakeholders' Forum on "Police Accountability and Presentation of Advocacy Materials at the summon's home office, Ikeja. The Police boss said that 58 different officers recorded significant passages, six officers decried, 28 officers got cautioning, four officers had additional weariness, while five others were discharged for absence of confirmations against them.
“The days of police officers receiving slaps on the wrist for offences are gone. When you performed excellently well, you will receive a CP’s Commendation Letter.
“I am not happy punishing any officer, but that does not mean we should overlook unprofessional conducts. When I resumed as CP Lagos, I discovered that the public had lost confidence in the police.
“I set up a Citizen Complaint Hot Centre with 10 mobile phone lines through which people can complain about the wrongs of our men. I have received many complaints.
“However, there is no way I would know all that my men are doing if nobody complained,” he said.
Edgal called on people in Lagos to continue to assist the police with information and other assistance, stressing that the 28,000 officers and men in Lagos were inadequate to police the state.
