Husband And Wife Allegedly Tortured By Policeman In Lagos [See Photo]

Husband And Wife Allegedly Tortured By Policeman In Lagos [See Photo]

A police officer attached to the Ikoyi Police station has been accused of physically assaulting a couple, 29yr old photographer, Ejeh Smi... 04:03

A police officer attached to the Ikoyi
Police station has been accused of
physically assaulting a couple, 29yr
old photographer, Ejeh Smith, and
his wife, Grace, 26.
The couple said the policeman,
identified as Dada Ogunsanya
attacked them with his rifle along
the Lekki Roundabout on
Wednesday December 3rd.
According to Punch, the couple who
are currently receiving treatment at
a Lagos Hospital for wounds they
sustained from the attack, said they
were in a taxi on their way to their
Parkview home when a 7-man Police
patrol team at the Lekki Roundabout
stopped their taxi.
Narrating what transpired, the
driver of the taxi, Ndubuisi Iheaka
said the police asked to inspect his
boot which he obliged and opened
for them.
He said they then demanded for his
drivers license and as he was about
getting it for them, they flashed
their lights on his passengers
“I was about getting the driving
license when he started flashing his
torchlight on my passengers who
were sitting at the back.
The wife told the officer not to flash
the torch on them since the inner
light of the vehicle was on.
Because of what she said, the
policeman asked them to come
down from the cab. This started an
argument.
The next thing I saw was that the
policeman pulled my passenger
(Ejeh) by his trousers, and his wife
went to plead with him to stop.
But instead, he slapped her and
punched her husband.
He was wearing a ring, which
inflicted a deep cut on Ejeh’s face.
After that, he used the butt of his
gun to hit him in his eye and face.
He also dragged his wife on the
road.” the taxi driver said Grace, the
photographer’s wife said the assault
continued with the police officer
stepping on her stomach
“If I was pregnant that night, I
would have lost my pregnancy.
I was only trying to pet him to leave
my husband since he did not have
business with us.
I told him to face the cab driver and
leave us alone. The other policemen
were just looking at him while he
dragged me on the ground.
A man riding a tricycle at the time
was the one who rescued me. He
said the policemen must call their
Divisional Police Officer or else he
would not leave the scene,” she said.
Mr Ejeh said as they were being
tortured, the DPO of the Ikoyi Police
station, Mrs Aisha Haruna arrived
the scene and ordered that they be
taken to their station to make
statement. He said he refused,
insisting that they need medical
attention.
He said he was dripping blood from
his eyes and his wife was vomiting
blood.
“We told her that we needed to first
treat ourselves before we could
make statements.
That was when we were given forms
and referred to the Falomo Police
Hospital.
We paid for the treatment and we
also went to the eye clinic for
treatment.”
Grace said all the video recordings
she did of the incident on her phone
have been deleted by the police,
including some of her personal data.
“Even my personal data were
deleted. And when I asked the DPO
why she did that, she said we
deserved the treatment we got.
She said she would have locked us
up in the cell if not for our injuries.
She said we did not know how to
talk,” Grace said.
While confirming the incident, the
Lagos state Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu,said
disciplinary actions would be taken
once investigation into the matter is
concluded.
“Yes, the incident happened in the
Ikoyi division. Inquiries are on as
well as disciplinary procedures.”he
said
Meanwhile the Husband and Wife
says they will be filing a petition to
the Inspector General of Police
through their family lawyer.
Source: Punch