Office of the Assistant Inspector – General of Police , Zone 2 , over the assault.
The petition , dated August 13 , 2017 , also copied the Office of the Attorney General , Ogun State Ministry of Justice ; and the Commissioner of Police , Ogun State.
Oshiyemi after recounting the incident , said his firm had previously written petitions against Ajao over his alleged bias and corrupt practices.
He said , “It is the deliberate omission of the police authorities to act in respect of previous petitions written against ACP Funsho Ajao that makes him feel he is untouchable . He has gone too far this time , as it took the intervention of another police officer , named Anthony , who recognised our client to rescue him from being further maimed . ”
He called for investigations into the incident to avert a “ looming breach of the public peace and public protest . ”
The Ogun State police spokesperson , Abimbola Oyeyemi , faulted the narratives of the lawyers.
He said , “ The area commander went to the place to relax and on getting there , he met a prominent person in the community. The person tried to introduce him to the lawyer .
I don’t know if the lawyer had known the area commander before or not. But as the man was doing the introduction, the lawyer said there was no big deal in meeting the area commander and should he kill himself over that? The man doing the introduction , who is the lawyer’ s brother, felt embarrassed . The man reprimanded him for the action.
“ He flared up and started abusing the area commander . It is not possible for all that to be happening and the security details of the area commander will just sit and watch.
They queried his manners. They wanted to get him arrested , but his brother slapped him . The area commander would not descend low to be exchanging words with somebody who was misbehaving in that manner .
“ Is he the only lawyer in Nigeria ? We have thousands of qualified lawyers in the Nigeria Police Force as well . Before someone will rise to the rank of an area commander, if he were a lawyer, he would have become a Senior Advocate of Nigeria .
Abimbola condemned the disrespectful attitude of some lawyers to police officers , saying the command would not be intimidated.
The owner of the bar , identified only as Alhaji, said the lawyer was to blame for the fracas .
He said , “ Adebayo frequents my bar and I once told him I was going to see the area commander . He asked if I could facilitate a meeting between them . He said the commander did not like to relate with young lawyers.
“I had not got the chance until the area commander came to the bar with his boys to relax . If I knew the lawyer was drunk that night , I wouldn’ t have done what I did .
‘ He insulted the area commander and the policemen were provoked . He also said a traditional chief sitting with the police officer wore ropes around his neck , instead of beads. The oba almost cursed him . He brought everything on himself. I can ’ t take sides with him because of our closeness.”
