A Twitter user identified as Southpaw King has accused the operatives of the Nigerian Police of brutal harassment in Lagos State.
Explaining, Southpaw King revealed that he was on his way to Lagos State from Ibadan whoen he was flagged down by policemen who said they were Interpol and forced him to follow them to the station.
On his refusal to follow them to their car, he was beaten by the policemen who later released him when he refused to give them any money.
Read his narration, “I was brutally harrased by police officers who claimed to be interpol on my way to Lagos from Ibadan.. I came down from my car when I noticed a strange car bashed me and they( 6 in total) came with guns and without much talks they said they will take me to Lokoja @SavvyRinu
I told them I won’t follow them until I contact someone first but they took my phones and said they will take me to @officialEFCC and I told them I will prefer that cos I was arrested and cleared to be clean by Efcc in May but they changed mind and forced me to enter their carThat’s how one just came and rushed me with intensive slaps and upper cut and tore my shirt as I was struggling not to enter their van… Omoo one kind mad slap hit me like this ehnn my brain just blanked and entered with tears in my eyes..I guess they later knew I was clean cos On our way to Efcc they just calmed down and asked me to do them normal and I blatantly denied giving them anything and they drove me to one bush in Ogere where they decided to let me go.. The same officers that are meant to protect us are the ones harrasing us.. I’m in pains@mentions
The most painful part was that people watched as I was being beaten on the road without doing anything.. Handcuffed like a criminal just cos I drive a Lexus .. This country saddens me daily”
