#RevolutionNow Protest: Lagos Police Brutalise PUNCH Photojournalist; CP Apologises |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

There was pandemonium in the Maryland Area of Lagos State as the #RevolutionNow Group staged a peaceful protest on the State of the Nation.

As the Group was rounding up, after almost an hour of protest,  Police Hilux arrived in  numbers, carrying Policemen,  forcing the protesters to take to their heels.

Unfortunately, The Punch Newspaper Photojournalist, Olukayode Jaiyeola,  who was at the scene capturing the events was pounced on by the Police. He was  manhandled  and hit  with weapons.

He was, also dragged on the ground, during which he sustained injuries, and his Camera damaged.

The Police dragged him into their Van,  as his colleagues  protested his arrest,  and drove off with him, as a captive

As the pandemonium continued, the Police shot into the air to disperse his colleagues who took to their heels.

Just as the Journalists were challenging the Police, asking  the reason for the brutalisation and arrest of Jaiyeolu, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu; arrived at the scene.

The Journalists went to him and explained what happened. He promised to get to the root of the matter.

At the scene, a Television Continental, TVC, Reporter, Miyen Akiri and other Journalists had a live interview with the CP, during  which he apologized for the conduct of his personnel.

Jaiyeola has been rushed to the Police Clinic in Ikeja, at the time of filing this report.