Canada returnee arrested for crossing Lagos road and assaulting a taskforce officer that apprehended him (video)

A 52-year-old Canada returnee, Morufudeen Idowu, has been arrested for crossing Lagos road and assaulting a taskforce officer that apprehended him. 

The state Commissioner of Police, Tokunbo Wahab, while posting this on X, 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.

#ZeroToleranceLagos”

Videos shared online showed bloodied face of the taskforce officer after the assault.