There are controversies over a comment allegedly credited to the Commissioner of Police in Kogi State Akeem Yusuf where he was quoted to have said the body of the Afro beat singer Seunti could have ended up in the Lagos lagoon for slapping a policeman.
The commissioner has however denied making the statement saying his Facebook account was hacked.
A screenshot of the Facebook post was said to have been made by a social media user causing massive condemnation by responders.
The CP’s post read, “Come and slap police also. Thank God, his (Seun Kuti’s) body was not being looked for in the third mainland bridge waters.”
One Abimbola Adebayo was said to have escalated the matter and demanded from the CP what he meant by his post.
Commentators have said the alleged comments by the police boss is a further confirmation of the extra-judicial killings that the police are reportedly notorious for.
Adebayo had written, “Why the Nigeria Police Force needs to answer this statement by one of their own. He said Seun Kuti was lucky he was not thrown into the lagoon.
“The officer who made this troubling statement is Yusuf Akeem, who goes by the moniker, Kimo Akeem and he’s Kogi State Commissioner of Police. You should know he knows more if this statement came out of his mouth.”
Another Facebook user, Malik Abdulmalik, while condemning Yusuf’s statement, said it was a pointer to the allegation of extrajudicial killings levelled against men of the Nigeria Police Force.
His post read, “Akeem Yusuf, who goes by the moniker, Kimo Akeem is the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State. His statement tells you everything you need to know about police and their many extrajudicial murders.
“Sometimes, the many missing person cases you read on the news are people murdered or kidnapped by police officers.”
Also commenting on the development, another Facebook user, Basil Ezeunegbu, said the alleged remark by Yusuf stands condemned.
The post read in part, “The retort allegedly by the CCP is horrendous and a tacit approval of extrajudicial killing by the Nigeria Police over a minor skirmish. For such to purportedly emanate from a senior officer, if it were verified to be true, is unequivocally condemned and signifies the likelihood of his condoning of murder. The lessons of Anti-SARS riots are yet to sink into some officers.”
But refuting the comment, the police command in Kogi said the remarks were not made by him.
The command said the CP Facebook account had been hacked since last year.
Another twitter user by the name Gbenro, wrote “Comment by CP Akeem Yussuf is n bad taste . It is a high disregard for human life in alluding to Seun body ending up inside 3rd Mainland; a euphemism for extra judicial killing . This is too horrible & unconscionable a word frm a snr officer . Apology from @PoliceNG is needful”
William Ayah who is the spokesperson of the command said on Monday, “The attention of the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State, Akeem Yusuf, has been drawn to the news making the rounds on social media credited to his personality on the alleged assault on a police officer by Seun Kuti, “Thank God Seun Kuti’s body didn’t end up in the lagoon.”
“The statement is fake and misleading with the aim to tarnish the image and reputation of the CP. It is incumbent to let the public know that the Facebook account has been hacked since September 2022, and he has several times warned people to disregard any message from that account.
“This is the handwork of mischievous people who are bent on giving the police a bad name. The general public is enjoined to discountenance such misleading information which does not in any way portray the true identity of the personality of the CP.”