Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, Forced Out Of Lagos Police Command

The office of Nigeria's Inspector General of Police finally succeeded in forcing out controversial Lagos Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, from his post in Lagos State police command.

Imohinmi Edgal, a recently decorated Commissioner of Police, had been nominated to replace Mr. Owoseni but the CP refused to step down and hand over power to his replacement for more than 24 hours.

Mr. Owoseni, whose first redeployment in February was blocked by the Oba of Lagos, himself a former top police officer, has been assigned to head the administrative division of the Force Criminal Investigation Division (CID) at the police headquarters in Abuja but Owoseni resisted his redeployment and embarked on efforts to reverse the process. Last February, Mr. Owoseni attempted to frame SaharaReporters’ publisher, Omoyele Sowore, after the online publisher was attacked in Lagos.

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