Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association has called on the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, to implement the recommendations of the judicial panel of inquiry that probed the #EndSARS protests to end extrajudicial killings by police officers.
LERSA made the call in a letter addressed to the governor on Thursday in which it condemned the recent killing of a lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, and Mr Gafaru Buraimoh by officers attached to Ajah Police Station.
In the letter signed by its President, James Emadoye and General Secretary, Gbemi Adelekan, the body advised that on-duty police officers should not be allowed to consume, much less abuse alcoholic beverages and/or other proscribed drugs/substances.
It read, “One of the recommendations after the #EndSARS protest was the need to do psychological/psychiatric evaluation of police officers, most especially those handling firearms, to ensure that they are mentally capable of discharging their statutory duties effectively.
Another recurring recommendation is the need to ensure that on-duty police officers are not allowed to consume, much less abuse alcoholic beverages and/or other proscribed drugs/substances.
“There have also been suggestions that electronic surveillance equipment like close circuit cameras, dashboard cameras and indeed body-worn cameras be deployed to keep the personnel of the Nigeria Police under constant monitoring and by so doing, eliminate the seemingly intractable problems of extra-judicial killings.
“Mr Governor, we would be most grateful for your expeditious intervention with the Inspector General of Police, on this matter. We trust that your government with the Police hierarchy will put an immediate stop to these extrajudicial killings that are becoming a regular occurrence in our peaceful community of Eti-Osa.”