Policing

Lagos police detain ASP Omotayo Olajide after his firearm kills a girl, Omole Taiwo, and injures another in Ajegunle

The Lagos State Police Command said on Saturday 7 November 2026 that an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Omotayo Olajide, has been disarmed and detained after he discharged his firearm during an operation in the Nosamu area of Ajegunle on Thursday night, killing a girl, Omole Taiwo, and injuring another. Police had been deployed after a distress call about a violent clash between two rival groups over toll collection. Both girls were taken to Ajeromi General Hospital; Taiwo was transferred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, where she died. The case has been handed to the State Criminal Investigation Department.