Some of the policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad are currently on trial for maltreating a member of the public in Lagos. The spokesman of the state police command, SP Chike Oti, said in a statement that the policemen were arrested following an online news alleging that a man had been shot by some operatives of SARS. Oti, however, clarified in the statement that the victim was not shot but suffered respiratory blockage due to the tear-gas he inhaled. The statement said that he had since been revived. Oti also said that the attention of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal , was drawn to the incident in an online news credited to OAKTVOnline on the Instagram. Read more