- Safiu Kehinde
The wait for the prosecution of notorious hoodlum, Shamusideen Oladiti, popularly known as Shamelon, continues as the Lagos State Police Command said investigation is still ongoing days after the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) official was arrested over alleged killing and brutal attacks.
Shamusideen was rumoured to be set for arraignment on Friday eight days after he was arrested over the murder of a commercial tricycle passenger simply identified as Ramon.’
NPO Reports on Thursday contacted the Lagos Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, for confirmation of the development.
As against the reports, Adebisi maintained that investigation is still ongoing while assuring that the suspect will be arraigned soon.
No specific date for the arraignment was given by the Police spokesperson who reiterated that the Command is yet confirm Shamusideen’s affiliation with the NURTW or any other union.
“Investigation is ongoing. At the conclusion of the investigation, the suspect will be charged to court.
We are not linking the suspect to any union, association or organisation.” the Police spokesperson said.
NPO Reported the arrest of Shamusideen, popularly known as Shamelon, last week following the death of one Ramon.
The deceased was reported to have died of the injuries he sustained from Shamelon’s brutal assault on him while trying to intervene between the NURTW official and the operator of the tricycle he boarded in Lagos Island.
Video from the incident which occurred in August showed moment the late Ramon was dragged from the Marwa by Shamelon to a spot where he repeatedly punched in the face with a metallic ring.
The Marwa passenger tragically succumbed to the injury on the 17th of September, the day same Shamelon was captured in a video brutalising a dispatch rider who would be rushed to a hospital and placed on oxygen as a result of the assault.
Ramon’s death had sparked outrage with residents taking to the street and burning two motorcycles belonging to Shamelon before his arrest by the Lagos State Police Command.