The group during the protest. Photo: CHSR
The Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights has petitioned the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, urging lawmakers to safeguard the integrity of the ongoing murder trial involving suspects linked to the killings of two Ajiran community indigenes in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State.
The petition, dated June 15, 2026, was signed by the President of CHSR, Comrade Alex Omotehinse, and addressed to the Speaker through the office of the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa, Ikeja.
In the petition titled “Petition on the Need for Urgent Legislative Intervention in the Ongoing Trial of Murder Case Involving Ajiran Community Indigenes,” the group expressed concern over what it described as attempts to influence public perception regarding the ongoing prosecution.
CHSR recalled that during a press briefing held at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, on February 19, 2026, the then Commissioner of Police, now Assistant Inspector-General of Police, publicly declared Ahmed Akanbi wanted following arrests and confessional statements allegedly linked to the killings of Sheriff Ishola Salami, a youth leader, and Prince Kazeem Ademola Akinloye.
