Lagos Task Force disclaims Oshodi killing

Etim Ekpimah

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Task Force) has denied involvement in the death of a young man at Oshodi on Tuesday morning.

According to the Task Force, the purported reports in the social media linking the agency to the killing, is false.

The Task Force chairman, CSP Shola Jejeloye, said a commercial bus driver was illegally loading passengers by the roadside in Oshodi and, on noticing the presence of a Lagos Task Force vehicle, took off recklessly at a high speed, knocking down the innocent young man, who was trying to cross the Oshodi Expressway.

He said: “Despite warnings and enlightenment campaigns about the dangers of violating traffic laws, commercial drivers have continued to flout the law and put the lives of commuters at risk. This violation of the law led to the death that occurred at Oshodi.

“No gunshot was fired within the vicinity as being rumoured on the social media.

“Members of the public are advised to refrain from believing false information released online by mischievous individuals, who are out to cause public disorder and unrest in Lagos.”

Jejeloye, however, conveys the Lagos State Government sympathy to the family of the deceased young man.

He assured that the reckless commercial bus driver would be apprehended and prosecuted in accordance with the law.