Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has pledged to ensure that people who attack law enforcement agents are made to face justice, saying that such senseless attacks and attempts to trample on law and order will not be condoned.
In the latest of such attacks, a Chief Superintendent of Police, Kazeem Abonde, was killed on September 23, 2021 in Ajao Estate by yet unknown hoodlums.
In a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, Governor Sanwo-Olu said he had directed the Commissioner of Police to ensure that all those who participated in the attack are brought to justice.
“This is to encourage our law enforcement agents that we will always stand by them as they carry out their duties and, at the same time, send a strong signal to criminals that any attack on our officers will not go unpunished,” he said.
“Such display of savagery as the one in which CSP Abonde died will not be allowed in our state, no matter the circumstances. The law is there for us all, should there be need to redress any perceived wrongdoing.
“Citizens who take the law into their own hands are promoters of jungle justice, which will not be allowed to take root in our dear Lagos.”
He commiserated with the family of the fallen officer and the police command on the loss of the “fine officer whose diligence and bravery have been applauded by his colleagues and relations,” and prayed that God bless his soul.