Lagos — A District Coroner sitting in Yaba, Lagos on Thursday ordered the immediate arrest of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Johnson Adeniken, for hi refusing to appear before the coroner over the death of Abayomi Ogundeji despite repeated orders.

Ogundeji, a member of THIS DAY newspaper Editorial Board, was murdered by unknown persons in 2008.

Senior Magistrate Mukaila Fadeyi had severally invited Adeniken to appear before him and even issued bench warrant which was also ignored.

Adeniken was the former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Dopemu where the case of Ogundeji's death was reported and investigated.

However, at the resumed hearing of the corner inquest,

the magistrate directed the Inspector General (IG) of Police, Mike Okiro, to effect the arrest of Adeniken and ensure that he was brought to court.

"I have tried not to criminalise anybody but ACP Adeniken is making a ridicule of the court. He cannot claim that he is not aware of this inquest, neither could the Inspector General," the magistrate said.