{"id":13821,"date":"2024-01-10T09:38:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T09:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=13821"},"modified":"2024-01-10T09:38:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T09:38:36","slug":"lagos-dpo-removed-for-detaining-lawyer-seeking-clients-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/01\/10\/lagos-dpo-removed-for-detaining-lawyer-seeking-clients-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos DPO Removed For Detaining Lawyer Seeking Client\u2019s Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Gowon Estate Division in Lagos State has been relieved of duty following allegations of detaining a lawyer who was pursuing justice for a client.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the removal, the Command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Wednesday, said that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, ordered the immediate removal of the officer from the division.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_2_host\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hundeyin said that the order came after the completion of investigations into the accusations made against the DPO, as reported in the media on Jan. 4.<\/p>\n<p>The DPO\u2019s removal is pending further review of the case by higher supervisory authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CP had earlier ordered a thorough investigation into the matter upon receipt of the publication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCP Fayoade has equally directed the OC Legal of the Command to initiate steps to reach out to the Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos State Branch, to enable a round table discussion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jnews_inline_related_post_wrapper left\">\n<div class=\"jnews_inline_related_post\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_21 jeg_postblock jeg_module_hook jeg_pagination_nextprev jeg_col_2o3 jnews_module_201501_0_659e5ba8c71b7 \" data-unique=\"jnews_module_201501_0_659e5ba8c71b7\">\n<div class=\"jeg_block_heading jeg_block_heading_2 jeg_subcat_right\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Gowon Estate Division in Lagos State has been relieved of duty following allegations of detaining a lawyer who was pursuing justice for a client. Confirming the removal, the Command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Wednesday, said that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13821"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13842,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13821\/revisions\/13842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}