LAGOS  – The grieving family of Eniafe Toheeb, who was shot dead by a Nigeria Po­lice Force officer on May 1, 2024, in the Obalende area of Lagos State, has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to expedite the investigation into his death.

The family said it was growing increasingly uncom­fortable with the delays in the investigation.

Toheeb was allegedly shot by a fleeing police officer at the NNPC filling station at Obal­ende Roundabout in Lagos, under the orders of another officer, Omeje Christian, who has since been apprehended and handed over to the police authorities.

While addressing the news­men in Ikeja Lagos, the family raised the alarm over the de­lay, and asked the IGP to order a thorough investigation to unmask the officer that shot unarmed Toheeb.

Mr Eniafe Noheem decried the delay of action on their peti­tion to the Inspector General of Police over the ‘pace and man­ner’ of the investigation being conducted by men of Panti Police Station, Yaba, over the incident.

He said there is no indica­tion of progress in the investi­gation almost two months after the incident, saying the delay is making the action of police to ‘look like a cover up to protect one of their own.’