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The Lagos State Police Command yesterday said it is having challenges with the investigation into the death of late Vice-Chairman of The Sun Publishing Limited, Mr Dimgba Igwe who was knocked down by a hit-and-run driver three weeks ago in Ago-Okota area of the state.
The late Igwe, 58, was reportedly jogging when he was hit by a vehicle.
He was moved to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, for surgical emergency, unfortunately, he did not survive.
Speaking with newsmen yesterday, the CP, Kayode Aderanti, disclosed that the killer driver was yet to be apprehended despite intensified efforts.
Part of the difficulty faced by operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department ,SCID, Yaba, according to the CP, was inability to get information from eye-witnesses.
According to him: “My presence at the Sun Publishing Limited shows the commitment of the Inspector-General of Police over the death of the veteran journalist.
‘’I have transferred the case to SCID for a thorough and comprehensive investigation because I want to take it beyond mere hit-and-run. I have even involved operatives of SARS.
‘’I am using this medium to appeal to members of the public to avail us with information because we tried to identify the kind of vehicle that knocked him down . So far, the information we have is scanty.
“That brings to mind the culture of having Closed-Circuit Television, CCTV, in our houses. This should not be left to government alone. Individual houses should also learn to install them in their premises.
If we had CCTV around, somebody, somewhere would have captured the incident and within 24 hours, we would have been able to solve this issue.”
He also appealed to the driver of the vehicle that knocked down the late Igwe to come forward and give himself to the police, recalling that; “ A similar incident happened in Area ‘A’ sometime ago, where the driver showed up by himself in my office then, saying he was the one that hit the person in question. He said he had not been able to sleep since the incident occurred.
Meantime, the CP has warned llegal arms owners in Lagos State to surrender their weapons within two weeks or face the wrath of the law.
He gave the order while speaking with journalists at the command headquarters in Lagos.
Aderanti, however, assured Lagos residents that there would be no mercy for anyone found with illegal arms in the state.
“Every illegal weapon should be taken to any area command in the state within two weeks as anybody caught after this date will be treated as an armed robber,” he said.
