Man smashes bottle on policeman’s head for impounding his vehicle

The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the attack on a Traffic Officer, ASP, Daudu Ajayi, attached to Abattoir Division of the command as captured in a video that has since gone viral.

The video shows a young man wielding a bottle arguing with the police officer. He was later seen smashing the bottle on the head of the policeman, who held his head with his two hands in agony.

In a press statement, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has expressed shock at this incident.

He has ordered that the case be thoroughly investigated while the driver and his accomplices involved in the dastardly act be caused to face the full wrath of the law.

“The fact of the case is that on Wednesday 21st April, 2021, at about 12.30pm, there was a case of hit and run serious accident involving a vehicle with Reg No BDG 756 YA, which hit a camry car with Reg No. KJA 281 GQ, and as a result, a motorcycle rider, Ashiru Saadu, was affected and seriously injured.

“In the process, the driver of the Camry car waited but the driver of the Dyna vehicle with Reg. No. BDG 746 YA escaped from the scene. Then, the Traffic Officer gave him a chase and (stopped him) at Pipeline Area Oko-Oba, Lagos. The driver alighted from the vehicle, pounced on the Traffic Officer and broke a bottle on his head.

“The officer sustained varying degree of injuries.

“The Commissioner of Police has again warned the general public to desist from launching attacks on police personnel and other security agencies in the state as such will be tactically resisted and culprits (attackers) be dealt with in line with the provisions of the law.

“He has vowed to get the fleeing driver arrested and prosecuted so as to serve as deterrent to others like him in our society; and to ascertain that the command will not tolerate any act of lawlessness in the state.