The Lagos State Government
is to sue the state
Police Command
and the former
Divisional Police
Officer, DPO, of
Pen Cinema Police
Station, Mr Segun
Fabunmi, over the
killing of a
protester and
injuring of three
others during
January fuel
subsidy protest in
Lagos.

The deceased, 27-
year old Demola
Abiodun, was
allegedly shot
dead by the
dismissed DPO
Fabunmi during
the last subsidy
protest in Yaya
Abatan, Ogba area
of Lagos State.
Governor
Babatunde
Fashola had
ordered the
Attorney-General
and Commissioner
for Justice, Mr Ade
Ipaye, to take over
the case and
ensure that justice
was done, as he
vowed that the
matter would not
be swept under
the carpet.

The Office of the
Public Defender,
OPD, an agency
under the state
Ministry of Justice
is handling the
case.
Director, OPD, Mrs.
Omotola Rotimi,
who addressed
newsmen,
yesterday, said the
state government
was suing the
police and the
former DPO for
N200 million for
the killing of
Abiodun and N100
million each for
three others, who
were wounded by
police bullets
during the protest.
According to her,
the OPD would
soon sue the
police command
and the killer DPO
over the matter,
adding that what
was delaying the
action was the
unavailability of
the autopsy
report.
She said the
autopsy report
was ready and
that the office
was waiting for
the Vice
Chancellor, Lagos
State University,
LASU, Prof. John
Obafunwa, a
pathologist, to
make the autopsy
available to her
office.
She said: “Once
the autopsy is
ready, we will
head to court. We
are ready. The
DPO, who killed
Abiodun is still in
prison.
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