Lagos state police command have arrested a man for allegedly stealing a motorcycle from a police post in Mushin during last October’s #EndSARS protests.
Yusuf Saliu, the suspect, was arrested on Monday based on an intelligence report, Muyiwa Adejobi, Lagos police spokesperson, said in a statement on Thursday.
He said the motorcycle is one of those allegedly stolen when a police post was invaded during the #EndSARS crisis.
Several police stations across the country were attacked in October 2020, after the protests against the now disbanded special anti-robbery squad under the #EndSARS campaign.
In Lagos, 10 police stations were razed by hoodlums during the crisis.
In the statement, the police spokesman said the suspect was found riding the motorcycle, that was stolen at Daleko Area, Mushin.
He stated that the suspect was arrested based on his “involvement in the vandalization of the Daleko Police Post.”
His statement partly reads;
The police operatives attached to Mushin Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Yusuf Saliu, m, 32, at Daleko Area, Mushin, with one of the suspected stolen motorcycles at the Dalemo Police Post during the October 2020 violent Endsars protest in Lagos State.
The suspect was arrested on 22nd March, 2021 at about 9.30pm, based on an intelligence on the activities and involvement of the suspect in the vandalization of the Daleko Police Post.
The police spokesperson said the suspect was seen riding the said bike with Reg No. APP 476 Q, stressing;
The said bike has been recovered and the matter has been transferred to the Command’s Special Squad for further investigation on the order of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu.
The official disclosed the readiness of the police command to work with the members of the public on sharing of useful information and exchange of ideas that will assist the command in combating crimes and criminality in Lagos State.
The #EndSARS protest was a nationwide protest held by Nigerian youth in October 2020 to express displeasure over police brutality, extrajudicial killings, unlawful arrests and abuse of powers.
