IGP takes over Lekki FTZ MD’s murder investigation

Lagos State government said it has directed the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase, to take over the investigation of the gruesome murder of the Managing Director of the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Tunde Disu last year October.
The decision was recommended by the white paper issued by the Tribunal of Inquiry into the civil disturbances that led to the death of the late Disu.
Mr Adeniji Kazeem, the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, made the disclosure weekend during the ministerial press briefing of the Ministry of Justice held at Alausa as part of the activities marking one year in office of the Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.
The Attorney General, who hinged Governor Ambode’s success in office within the year on law reforms, law and order among other legislative initiatives disclosed that the government has formed a task force to address the issue of land grabbers within the state.
He disclosed that the Citizens Mediation Centre (CMC) established to encourage Lagosians to embrace mediation as opposed to litigation recovered N783,310,670 on behalf of parties while it meditated on 21,941 cases and resolved 20,994 out of 36,105 matters referred to it within the last one year.

According to him, the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) also facilitated the collection of N98 million as compensation on behalf of complainants it attended to in the last one year.
He said the OPD handled 5,322 matters on behalf of indigent Lagosisians and represented them in 2,467 cases on their behalf in various courts.
He said the Directorate for Citiz ens Rights successfully treated 1,965 human rights cases and recovered N16,248,400 on behalf of numerous complainants.
In line with its resolve to fight crime, he said the state government has commenced the process of establishing a state owned DNA Forensic Laboratory adding that when completed, it will not only resolve crime matters but also health issues.