A lawyer, Joseph Arikpo has accused a DPO and his officers in Cross River State of brutalising him when he went to solicit the bail of a young man who had been in detention for over six days, IgbereTV reports.

According to the Calabar based lawyer, the incident happened at the Divisional Police Headquarters in Ikom, on Sunday, November 8.

Narrating his ordeal on Tuesday morning, November 10, Arikpo said trouble started when the DPO called him a stupid man.

Arikpo claimed that when he asked not to be insulted, the DPO 'punched him repeatedly and afterwards threw him into cell where he was further assaulted by some officers.'

Read his post below:

"Will this POLICE BRUTALITY EVER END?
On the 8th on November 2020, I was consulted by my client to solicit the bail of a young man who had been detention at the Divisional Police Headquarters Ikom Cross River State for over six days for no just course. In adherence to the cap rank rule, I went there, met with the DPO Ikom, introduced myself and told him that I was there to solicit for the bail of my Client who had been in detention for over Six days.

The DPO told me that he was not going to release him, because according to him, he intends to arrange for a meeting between the complainant and the accused on Wednesday 11/11/2020. But I told him that he should release him for me, and that I was going to provide the suspect on the day fixed for interview, but the DPO refused.

When I tried to remind the said DPO that my client still had his Constitutional right of freedom to liberty and dignity of his human person, he(the DPO) told me that I was stupid. In my response, I told him that I am not stupid, and took exception to that insult on my person. The DPO came closer and closer and eventually started punching me. He did it repeatedly while repeating the words "I say you are STUPID" When he came very close, I could perceive some smell of alcohol.

So, I saw the need to run. When I tried to run out of the Station, he commanded a female police officer that was nearby to close the gate, and ordered another female police to "bring him some chemical mess" (tear gas) which he used on me to the cell for detention. After taking me into the cell, he assigned an IPO, to record my statement. During the period of recoding my statement, they handcuffed me and used barton and whips to bater me, just to make sure that I wrote what they wanted as my statement.

At night while I was in the cell, the DPO sent a female police officer to come and seize my blood stained shirt so as to conceal the evidence that I was brutalized, but God help me, as I had hidden same before they came. Thank God for the NBA IKOM Chapter that came to my rescue!"

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You don't mean it.

Have these guys back on duty?

Hmmmm! Cry my country

NPF na wa o. Is this ugly image never going to change?

e be like say these policemen still never learn their lessons after all killings meted out to them during this last protests..

Next one will be them + all their families inclusive. Useless idiots

Haa, these people have resumed their animalistic behavior

If he is a one nigerianist i say very very good for him

They took him for an agberoo claiming falsely to be a lawyer.

DPO has entered.

The judiciary should continue keeping silence at impunity . It would definitely get to them

If the judiciary should be silent on this, then shame on the body. You cannot treat a lawyer like this and that DPO is not removed and prosecuted for an assault, the, NBA should be dissolved.

Police again?

So the DPO has no name

Nigeria still has a long way to go.. There are so many people locked up without being charged to court which is against the constitution..

If judiciary is toothless bull dog, police will continue to treat them like this...but does endSars has any effect so far

Musa, you hear that?

This one beats me o.... See as dem panel beat my guy, a lawyer for that matter

Naija I hail thee, just when you thought you've ad enough of this bullsh*t

Q

Wahala no dey finish !!!

Police is your worst enemy

Welcome to Banana Republic

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Ok

jesu a whole lawyer, when will police brutality ends, there was a time where I was accused of smoking weed simply because I wore a "Supreme Smoke weed every day shirt" this is serious

Nah eh! No qualms
The don Market
The laywer is surely going to Sue them

Terrible

Hmm

this people self always behaving like animals.

Wahala for common man and Human right activists in dis Regime........

Bubu Adamu Boys on the Beat.........

How long e go take we to realise say we no know where we dey go?

Naija don cast big time....

I don't know whether to smile or laugh

Protesters will be after we ended SAR