The security officer who was assaulted by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct, Danladi Umar, has narrated his ordeal.
Narrating his experience over the phone, the guard told TheCable that he had approached Umar after his car was wrongly within the plaza’s premises.
Recall that the Chairman was caught on camera assaulting the security officer who refused to reveal his name.
“When he parked, I went to meet him and said, ‘oga, you parked on the road, adjust your car (because) even a car cannot be able to pass there.’ The man just came down from the car and slapped me,” he said.
“His driver also came and joined hand to slap me. He pushed me to the ground and went to his vehicle to pick iron to come and hit me. That is when someone came and held his hand and told him, ‘upon all you are beating this guy, you want to use the iron to hit him’.
“From there, I called my supervisor to quickly come and see what is happening. When my supervisor came, he asked what was wrong and the man was saying he will not leave me. He sent the other man (his driver) to go to his house and bring DSS (Department of State Services) to come and jail me; he said he will jail me.
“When the DSS came, as I was trying to talk, he slapped me in their presence and said I should get down on my knees. When I knelt, the man came with his leg and broke my mouth and my cheek. That was when I fell.”
The guard further said police officers from the Maitama division arrived at the scene and took him to the divisional headquarters where he was made to write a statement.
He was at the station until late evening when his lawyer and manager were able to secure his bail, he added.
“He (Umar) said he is going to jail me; that he has jailed lots of people and they cannot come out unless he says so. He said he is the one that is fighting Saraki and many people,” the guard said.
“I have an injury on my chest, my mouth and my neck. Since that Monday I have been in the hospital treating myself. I am even in the hospital now.”
