Police Nab 55-yr-old Suspect In Lagos For Murder, Assault

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 55-year-old Samsideen Oladiti, popularly known arsenic ‘Shamelon’ successful transportation with cases of execution and battle astatine Lagos Island.

The State Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Babaseyi Oluseyi disclosed that the fishy was presently successful the custody of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti-Yaba, for discreet investigation.

According to Oluseyi, the fishy allegedly attacked a dispatch rider connected Lagos Island connected astatine astir 3pm connected 17th September 2025, utilizing a helmet and fists to inflict superior bodily wounded connected the victim.

He explained that the unfortunate was rushed to a hospital, placed connected oxygen, and presently receiving aesculapian treatment.

In different lawsuit connected 18th September, 2025, astatine astir 11am, constabulary said different ailment was lodged against the aforesaid fishy successful transportation with an incidental that occurred connected 28th August 2025.

“During the altercation, the fishy allegedly utilized a metallic ringing to repeatedly onslaught a antheral connected the caput and face, inflicting terrible injuries,” Oluseyi said.

He explained that contempt aesculapian intervention, the unfortunate was confirmed dormant by a doc connected 17th September 2025. And his assemblage deposited successful the mortuary for autopsy.

Oluseyi further added, “Following quality of the death, sympathisers of the deceased mobilised and staged a convulsive protestation astatine the suspect’s bureau successful Sandgrouse Market, Lagos Island, mounting 2 motorcycles belonging to the fishy ablaze and causing unrest successful the area.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, personally led constabulary unit comprising mobile policemen, accepted constabulary officers, and tactical squads to the scene.

The CP swiftly restored calm, prevented further breakdown of instrumentality and order, and assured residents that the fishy was successful custody and volition beryllium promptly prosecuted aft decision of investigations.

The Command assured members of the nationalist that justness volition beryllium diligently pursued successful each the cases against the suspect.

CP Jimoh further appealed to residents to stay calm, law-abiding, and not to instrumentality the instrumentality into their ain hands arsenic helium enjoined them to cooperate afloat with the constabulary successful the ongoing investigations.