The Force Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Saturday, July 6, 2024, reacted to report of detention of a 16-year-old boy in Kirikiri prison allegedly with hardened criminals.
Adejobi said on his X handle that the Commissioner of Police in charge of the state should be able to give the Force Headquarters details about the matter.
He was responding to the post by an X user who said the boy was arrested during police raid in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State.
(Caption): The detained boy.
The X user, whose handle is @Hausa_girl, disclosed that the boy, who was said to be a motor boy working with trailer drivers, had spent four month in Kirikiri because he was unable to meet his bail conditions which is N50,000 and one surety.
According to the X user, it was quite worrisome that the boy was remanded at Kirikiri prison custody with hardened criminals, while urging the Force PRO to look into the matter.
Below is the screenshot of the post by the X user:
Responding to the post, Adejobi also said the matter would be looked into after getting details from the Lagos State Police Command.
He wrote: "The Commissioner of Police in charge of the state will be able to explain to us, since not all issues of this nature are referred or sent to Force Headquarters Abuja. We will find out from the command. This will be looked into. Thanks."
Below is the screenshot of Adejobi's response on the issue: