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Following the alleged harassment allegation made against operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad by Praiz, the Lagos State Police Command has finally broken their silence over the issue. The Police in an official statement noted that Praiz was disrespectful to the men in uniform.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, narrated the incident in an official statement made available to newsmen.
“On December 19, 2017, at 12pm, policemen attached to Area ‘J’ Command Headquarters, Ajah, Lagos, who were on routine anti-crime patrol along the Lekki/Epe Expressway, noticed a car on top speed approaching their end.
“The policemen sensed that the speed was much and were alarmed, hence they flagged down the car.
“When the car stopped, the officers, who were in their uniforms, approached the driver. But to their disbelief, the driver, who was yet to be addressed by the policemen became hysterical without provocation and started shouting, ‘SARS, SARS, SARS ooo’. As he was shouting and pouring unprintable invective on the officers of the law, he was at the same time filming them.
“These unprovoked actions on the part of the driver, whose true identity at that time was unknown to the patrol men, made them to be even more suspicious of him and so they requested him to come with them to see the Area Commander, ACP Felix Oben, whom they had already called to report the conduct of the man to.
“It was at the area commander’s office that they got to know that he is a musician that goes by the name Praiz. The area commander questioned him and advised him to be of good behaviour. He, thereafter, departed the police station peacefully without any molestation whatsoever.
“It is also instructive to note that the officers are not SARS operatives as erroneously assumed by Praiz, but conventional policemen in their uniforms serving at Area ‘J’ Command Headquarters.
“The Lagos State Police Command wishes to inform residents that the present Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, had on assumption of office set up the Citizens Complaint Centre with dedicated lines where complaints against police actions can be lodged for necessary actions. Celebrities are, therefore, advised to take advantage of these numbers or call the Police Public Relations Officer instead of resorting to cheap social media blackmail ” he said.