Lagos Police Probe Viral Video Of Students Smoking, Drinking In College Hostel

The Lagos State Police Command has launched probe into a viral video showing students of Excel College successful the Ejigbo country of the authorities for engaging successful smoking, drinking and partying wrong the school’s boys’ hostel.

The video, which precocious surfaced online, has stirred wide nationalist condemnation.

In response, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh has ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, to instrumentality implicit the lawsuit from the Ejigbo Police Division.

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) successful the state, SP Abimbola Adebisi confirmed the probe successful a connection issued to newsmen.

According to Adebisi, preliminary findings revealed that the incidental occurred successful April 2025 but lone came to nationalist attraction aft the video was circulated connected societal media platforms.

According to the PPRO, the school’s main who is besides the proprietor was invited for questioning and claimed that the students progressive had already completed their acquisition astatine the clip the video emerged.

She stated, “The main of the school, who besides serves arsenic the proprietor, was invited for questioning and stated that the students seen successful the viral video had already graduated and near the institution.”

Despite this, constabulary maintained that the probe remains progressive arsenic officers from the SCID were moving intimately with the schoolhouse absorption to find however specified behaviour occurred wrong the premises and what measures tin forestall akin incidents successful the future.

“The schoolhouse absorption is cooperating afloat with investigators to uncover the afloat circumstances surrounding the incident.

“All parties are committed to ensuring that specified disturbing and inappropriate behaviour does not recur wrong the schoolhouse environment.” SP Adebisi said.

The Lagos State Police Command called connected acquisition institutions, parents, and guardians to fortify supervision and motivation guidance for young people.

“We impulse each secondary schoolhouse authorities, some nationalist and private, arsenic good arsenic parents and guardians, to instrumentality proactive steps successful decently supervising and guiding their children and wards,” the constabulary spokesperson added.
“It is captious to instill successful them the value of maintaining bully behavior, upholding motivation values, and avoiding immoderate signifier of misconduct.”

The Command reiterated its committedness to maintaining peace, law, and bid crossed the authorities and promised that the findings of the ongoing probe would beryllium made public once concluded.