Wednesday 14 November 2012

Lagos State Police Commissioner Reportedly Chase Newspaper Reporter From Police Headqauters For Reporting A News About Police Brutality

                                        

Punch newspaper reported that the, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Manko, on Tuesday ordered a correspondent of The PUNCH, Kunle Falayi, out of the premises of the police command headquarters, Ikeja. Manko said a story published on Tuesday titled, ‘Guard shot by policemen in critical condition’ was an attack on the integrity of the police. The newspaper also report further stated that the commissioner said to the reporter that “So, you are the one who wrote this rubbish? Were you there when
 the policemen shot the security guard? You people like to write rubbish,” he said. The CP then asked his orderly to walk the journalist out of the premises, saying “make sure you follow him until he (Falayi) is out of this premises.”

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