They also accused the CP of suppression of protests, and the violent enforcement of forced evictions across communities in Lagos.
A coalition of activists has written a petition to foreign embassies and diplomatic missions, accusing the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Moshood Jimoh, of presiding over a sustained regime of killings, torture and illegal detentions.
They also accused the CP of suppression of protests, and the violent enforcement of forced evictions across communities in Lagos.
In a statement dated February 2, 2026, and addressed to all foreign embassies, diplomatic missions, and international human rights bodies, the group warned that CP Jimoh constitutes a clear and present danger to humanity.
They called for his immediate removal, prosecution, and referral to international accountability mechanisms, including the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The statement, signed by revolutionary activist Francis Nwapa, alleges that under CP Jimoh’s leadership, the Lagos State Police Command has repeatedly acted in contempt of court orders, targeted lawyers and activists, protected land grabbers, and unleashed lethal force on poor and working-class communities resisting displacement.
According to the statement, CP Jimoh has overseen the harassment and detention of legal practitioners involved in securing a multibillion-naira eviction judgment from a competent court.
The incident, previously reported by investigative outlet FIJ, is cited as part of a wider pattern in which police allegedly ignore subsisting court orders restraining demolitions while providing armed cover for illegal evictions and land seizures.
Activists accuse the Lagos police of effectively nullifying judicial authority by deploying officers to enforce actions explicitly prohibited by the courts, thereby eroding the rule of law.
The statement also revisits CP Jimoh’s controversial rise within the Nigeria Police Force. It recalls that the Police Service Commission (PSC) once listed him, alongside now-convicted former DCP Abba Kyari, for possible demotion over their role in the disputed promotion of 1,500 officers during the tenure of former Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris.
At the time, PSC official Mr. Smith warned that the promotion exercise cheapened and trivialized the police hierarchy and appeared to reward officers who disregard human rights and act with impunity.
Activists argue that this warning has since proven prophetic.
One of the most widely publicized allegations against CP Jimoh involves the detention of a minor, Quadri, who reportedly stood in front of the convoy of Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi during the 2023 election season.
The child was allegedly harassed by APC supporters, handed over to the police, and detained for nearly three months without lawful justification.
The statement describes as shocking CP Jimoh’s subsequent appearance on national television, where he publicly defended the detention, an action activists say amounted to an open endorsement of child rights violations.
During the June 12, 2025 #EndBadGovernance protests in Lagos, organized to draw attention to worsening economic conditions under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, CP Jimoh is accused of openly displaying political bias.
Activists claim he was physically present while pro-APC groups organized a counter-protest dangerously close to anti-government demonstrators. Roads were barricaded, and a large musical truck was allegedly deployed to drown out protesters’ chants.
Despite these provocations, CP Jimoh reportedly took no action, an omission critics describe as deliberate dereliction of duty.
The statement details multiple forced eviction operations allegedly carried out with police backing, resulting in deaths and widespread destruction:
Meanwhile, in Oworoshoki, the activists noted that despite a subsisting court order restraining demolition, videos circulated online allegedly show police officers under CP Jimoh leading armed thugs to attack residents. Teargas and live ammunition were reportedly used, leading to multiple deaths, including women and children.
Also in Ajegunle, the police were accused of turning a blind eye while thugs linked to the Oba of Ojora removed roofs, seized land, and terrorized residents.
Another eviction operation in Makoko allegedly involving collaboration between land grabbers and the Lagos State Government, police reportedly fired live ammunition and teargas, resulting in the deaths of infants and adults.
Activists claim that, cumulatively, more than 50 people have been killed in communities facing forced eviction during CP Jimoh’s tenure.
The most recent incident cited occurred on January 28, 2026, when affected communities, civil society groups, and activists staged a peaceful protest demanding engagement with their elected representatives at the National Assembly.
Instead, the statement alleges, police under CP Jimoh responded with unprecedented violence in Lagos, firing live ammunition, deploying multiple teargas canisters, and leaving many protesters hospitalized.
During the operation, activist Comrade Taiwo Hassan Soweto was allegedly abducted, brutally assaulted, and tortured. According to the account, CP Jimoh not only authorised the abuse but actively participated in it.
Soweto was reportedly handcuffed behind his back, beaten continuously, blindfolded with his torn clothes, dragged across asphalt until his skin peeled, and detained at the State CID, Panti, where he was held incommunicado without food or water.
The statement read, "These acts are not isolated incidents. They constitute a sustained pattern of crimes under both Nigerian law and international human rights and humanitarian law. Credible accounts indicate that over 50 citizens within the communities facing forceful eviction have lost their lives due to excessive use of force by the police under CP Moshood Jimoh’s tenure as Lagos Commissioner of Police.
"We hereby put all embassies and the international community on notice that CP Moshood Jimoh represents a clear risk to humanity. We insist that:The Police Service Commission must immediately recommend his removal from office.
"Independent investigations be initiated into all killings, torture, and unlawful detentions linked to his command.
"CP Moshood Jimoh be prosecuted under local laws and referred to appropriate international mechanisms, including the International Criminal Court (ICC), for crimes against humanity.
"Silence in the face of these atrocities would amount to complicity. The lives, dignity, and rights of poor and working-class Nigerians must not continue to be sacrificed at the altar of impunity," they added.