A
lawyer has described in details how he was almost killed by a policeman in
Lagos.
Narrating
his ordeal to newsmen in Lagos, Barrister Elemihe said he was driving by the
Onipanu Police Station when he was stopped by one Corporal Alonge, who accused
him of using a fake tinted glass permit.
Elemihe
said: “On my way from Lekki where I went to check a property with my client, I
decided to use the Onipanu Police Station Road, by Apata.
“Immediately
I drove into the street close to the station, one Corporal Alonge stopped me,
demanded for my vehicle particulars. I gave them to him, then he demanded for
my driver’s licence, which I also gave him.
“When
he discovered I did not commit any offence, he asked for my tinted glass
permit, which I gave him. He told me I was using a forged tinted glass permit.
I told him I could not have forged a police document as a lawyer.
“He
became furious and said he was going to arrest me. He jumped into my vehicle
and insisted I must give him N1,000 to bail myself. I said I was not going to
give him any money since I have not committed any offence.
“He
pounced on me and cocked his gun, threatening to shoot me if I make a move. A
policewoman who sighted us came and dragged the gun from him.
“The
policeman, after being disarmed, descended on me and gave me the beating of my
life. He pushed me into the cell and another policeman came inside, locked up
the cell and beat me for 30 minutes.
The
lawyer also alleged that the policemen removed the N150,000 he kept in his
car’s pigeonhole.
“I
see this as intimidation of the highest order, not because I am a lawyer, but
because I am an average Nigerian. I was humiliated like a common criminal.
“This
is oppression. One of my eyes is partially blind. I have been vomiting blood
since yesterday. It was the intervention of a good policeman in the station who
warned them not to kill me that save me. I would have been dead by now,” he
said.
Police
spokesperson Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent (SP), said: “We are aware of the
incident and the leadership of the command is looking into the matter.”
It
was gathered that Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni has summoned the Onipanu
officers to the command’s headquarters in Ikeja for interrogation.
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