Police Talk Say 1,666 Lagosians Don Die From Suicide And Homicide In 5 Years

Nigeria Police Force don talk say at least 1,666 Lagos people don die through unnatural wahala like homicide, suicide and others, between January 2020 reach December 2024.Na NPF Force Pathologist, ACP Samuel Keshinro yarn dis one during public presentation of one report about femicide cases for Lagos State, wey happen for Ikeja on Thursday. Di theme of di event na: “Measuring femicide in Lagos State: Data, advocacy and action. According to wetin Keshinro talk, di report focus on cases wey involve homicide, suicide, misadventure and other unnatural ways wey people take die, and e aim to raise awareness and push advocacy about di matter of femicide. Data wey dem share from di report show say out of di 1,666 deaths, 350 na women, 1,306 na men, while dem no fit confirm di gender of 10 people. Di data show say 230 of di cases relate to female homicide, while 11 na female suicide. As Keshinro dey talk about why di initiative matter, e explain say dem gather di data to help people sabi wetin dey really happen, so better decisions and awareness fit come out to tackle di wahala of femicide. According to am, di data still reveal say most of di femicide cases na intimate partners of di victims do am. He talk say, “We don highlight wetin we see from police records from State CID, Panti. We discover say about 70 out of di 350 female deaths na femicide, and from di reports, we fit see say na intimate partner femicide carry first .E just show how women dey vulnerable, especially for places wey dem suppose dey loved, where dem suppose get security. And dis report come at di right time because November 25 na di UN day wey dem declare to fight against violence wey dey happen to women. But e recommend say make dem start use electronic data storage and make dem improve how dem dey gather information for crime investigation cases. For im talk, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olorundare Jimoh, talk say based on di data from di year-long study, femicide cases for di state low if you compare am with how many people dey live for Lagos.

He talk say di low femicide rate na because police and other stakeholders for di state dey proactive, and e believe say advocacy like dis go help spread awareness about gender-based violence and finally stop am. According to am, di command go use di recommendations from di report findings to prepare action plans to fight crime for di state. E talk, “E dey very important make I tell una say today I don draw plenty action plans wey we go follow to reduce femicide rate for  state more more. Our pathologist and im team don do serious research with di data wey dey, and dem come bring wetin dem find out give us today. We sabi say e go really help us improve how we dey handle dis matter.Femicide no be small thing to ignore at all. We don train our officers well and we don adjust how dem dey work to make sure say before femicide happen, we fit stop am because na domestic violence dey lead to femicide if we no act quick. He beg everybody make dem quickly report any gender violence matter to police, and promise say police go handle am well well. We want make ladies, girls, and women strong and no fear to report any case of abuse quick quick, and make dem get confidence say police dey friendly and dem fit come tell us. No be like before again wey dem go dey ask shameful questions for victims for police station. “We don extend our training no be only for dis forum, but also for division level, area command level, and di criminal department wey dey respond to dis kind incidents.”For im talk, Lagos State Chief Justice, Kazeem Alogba, praise police for di data and talk say di data go help state judiciary make better decisions when dem dey handle justice. “I think say wetin we all suppose take from dis be say no be only to look am as wetin dem talk, and I don always tell my colleagues and magistrates say every case file wey reach una no be only set of transactions, na person life or livelihood dey involved, and na so una suppose dey see all di pieces wey una dey handle. For judiciary side, we go commit to make sure say we use dis data well well. We go also join body from now to make sure say dis data dey properly collected,” Alogba talk.