Following the sealing of his business premises by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) earlier in the week, an alleged Badoo kingpin, Alaka Abayomi, has petitioned the commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Edgar Imohimi.
Alaka claimed that the sealing of his business interests by the government agency was based solely on the security report given to the Lagos state government by CP Imohimi alledging him to be a Badoo kingpin.
He described the action as unlawful and a breach of his fundamental human rights.
Copies of the petition were sent to the Inspector General of Police, the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria, the Police Service Commission, Chairman, House Committee on Police Affairs and Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, amongst others.
Alaka who spoke through his Principal Counsel, Mr. Tunde Ojehomon at a press conference in Ibadan said that an independent investigating team be set up to look into the allegations against him (Alaka).
Such should be free from CP Imohimi’s control or supervision,he said.
Ojehomon noted that the team had also resolved to and exhaust all available administrative remedies in view of the recent events that have concretised its suspicion that CP Imohimi has a personal axe to grind with Alaka.
Ojehomon said Alaka after his ‘unlawful public parade’ by the Police of the Lagos State Command had instituted an action against the Inspector General of Police and Commissioner of Police, CP Edgar Imohimi in suit No FHC/L/CS/1241/17.
Affirming that the originating processes in the matter have been served on the respondents since August 2017, Ojehomon said the case has come up for hearing once before a vacation judge and twice before a Federal High Court judge in the Lagos Division.
However, he alleged that the respondents were not only absent on those occasions but also “failed, neglected and or refused to file any processes in response to our clients case against them.”
He said: It is shocking how the respondents have again come to the public declaring our client, applicant before a superior court of record wanted over allegation of Badoo cult killing the same subject matter in FHC/L/CS/1503/17.
“As though the above was not enough, in the early hours of 3rd of January, 2018 the business premises of our client were again sealed by officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) based solely on the security report made available to the Lagos State Government by CP Edgar Imohimi alleging our client to be a Badoo kingpin.
“Even though we are putting our papers together to seek legal remedy against what we perceive as unlawful sealing of our clients property, we have resolved to resort to and exhaust all available administrative remedies in the light of the recent events that have concretized our suspicion that CP Edgar Imohimi has a personal axe to grind with our client.
“We further urge the officers of the Nigerian Police Force to operate within the confines of the rule of law and refrain from acts that will be prejudicial to the interest of our client and the society at large until the court determine the case before it.”
