Lagos police probe viral video of college students smoking, drinking

By Efe Onodjae

The Lagos State Police Command has launched an probe into a viral video allegedly showing students of Excel College, Ejigbo, engaging successful smoking, drinking and dancing wrong their hostel.

The disturbing footage, which reportedly originated successful April 2025 but lone surfaced online recently, has drawn nationalist outrage and condemnation from parents and acquisition stakeholders.

In a response, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, directed the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, to instrumentality implicit the lawsuit from the Ejigbo Police Division, which had earlier invited the schoolhouse main for questioning.

According to constabulary sources, the schoolhouse principal, who besides doubles arsenic the proprietor, explained that the students featured successful the viral clip had already graduated.

He, however, assured that the schoolhouse is cooperating afloat with investigators to unravel the circumstances that led to the incident.

While probe is ongoing, the Police Command has urged schoolhouse authorities, parents, and guardians to intensify efforts successful decently guiding their wards, stressing the request to instill discipline, motivation values and liable behaviour successful students.

“The Command remains committed to ensuring peace, information and orderliness crossed Lagos State,” Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, said successful a connection issued yesterday.

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