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Canada Returnee Arrested For Assaulting Taskforce Officer In Lagos [Video]

A 52-year-old man, Morufudeen Idowu, who recently returned from Canada, has been arrested in Lagos for crossing a major road illegally and attacking a taskforce officer who tried to stop him.

Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, shared details of the incident on X (formerly Twitter), stating that Idowu refused to comply with the officer at Ojota and went on to physically assault him.

He added that Idowu is currently in custody at the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps office in Oshodi and will be prosecuted under the state’s laws.

Waheb wrote: “Mr Morufudeen Idowu – 52yrs, a Canada returnee, refused arrest and assaulted one of our personnel while crossing the expressway at Ojota.

“He has been taken into custody at Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps office in Oshodi, and will be prosecuted in  accordance with the relevant Laws of the State.”

A video circulating online shows the officer with a visibly injured and bloodied face following the incident.

Watch the video below:

KanyiDaily recalls that a Magistrate Court in Bolade Oshodi recently ordered 34 people to be remanded in prison for selling goods illegally on the median of the Alaba Rago area along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

Tobias Sylvester

Tobias Sylvester is the news editor for Kanyi Daily News and is based in Lagos. Contact Tobias at editor@kanyidaily.com. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here

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