A 29-year-old photographer, Ejeh Smith, and his wife, Grace, 26, are in pains and receiving treatment at a Lagos hospital after a police officer, identified as Dada Ogunsanya, allegedly tortured them with his rifle.

Ogunsanya is attached to the Ikoyi Police Division.

The incident happened at the Lekki Roundabout on Wednesday, last week, while the couple was in a taxi en route to their home at Parkview Estate.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the police officer was among a seven-man team, patrolling the area around 10pm.

The police team was said to have stopped the taxi driver and demanded that he opened his boot for a routine check.

The taxi driver, Ndubuisi Iheaka, told our correspondent that after he opened his boot which contained scaffolding belts, the policeman demanded to see his driving licence.

“I was about getting the driving licence 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.”

Grace said the policeman, apart from slapping her, stepped on her tummy.

“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.

The Ikoyi DPO, Mrs. Aisha Haruna, was said to have arrived at the scene.

Ejeh claimed he could barely see because blood was dripping from his eyes, while his wife was vomiting blood. He added that the DPO ordered that they be taken to the station to make statements.

He said, “But 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.”

His wife claimed that the DPO seized her phone and asked an inspector at the station to delete all the pictures and video recording she did of the incident.

“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,” she added.

The family lawyer of the victims, Mr. Sunday Agbinya, said his office would write a petition to the Inspector General of Police to redress the wrong done to his clients.

“This is a case of assault occasioning harm and we intend to challenge it. We will send a petition to the IG. We want the police to conduct a full investigation into this,” he said.

The legal officer of a non-governmental organisation, Project Alert on Violence Against Women, Mr. Ben Odeh, said the police officer responsible for the act should be disciplined for torturing the couple.

He said, “It is a breach of their constitutional rights. The policeman went too far.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident.

He said, “Yes, the incident happened in the Ikoyi division. Inquiries are on as well as disciplinary procedures.”


source: http://www.punchng.com/news/policeman-tortures-man-wife-in-lagos/

Police is ur fwend..
Don't dull..

Modified...
Irrespective of d thrill of FTC has nosedived, I wuld still use dis opportunity to thank my imaginary wife for bringing mii dis luck nd using this opportunity to say Merry Xmas nd prosperous New year to u all Nairalanders in advance..

Op who are u self? Are u d driver, or d man? By the way,, learn how to write stories cos dis story isnt well narrated,,, (#rightEYEDcouple)

The name of the police officer is Dada Ogunsanya

Horus:
The name of the police officer is Dada Ogunsanya

How did you know the name of the police officer?

That monster should be jailed for a very wrong period. They are hooligans in uniforms and that terrorizes those that they are paid to protect. They are worst than American police against blacks.

redsun:
That monster should be jailed for a very wrong period. They are hooligans in uniforms and that terrorizes those that they are paid to protect. They are worst than American police against blacks.

true talk. All they want is 20 naira or you won't pass. Too bad

Wisdomkosi:
true talk. All they want is 20 naira or you won't pass. Top bad

They are nothing but hooligans and chief propagators of henious crimes in Nigeria. They aid and abet the thieving politicians in enslaving the suffering people. They make the society lawless and thrives in absolute anarchy..

Maybe the police man was asked to donate left eyes. The couples should get well soon

I hope the officer would be disciplined for his wicked acts. But again I won't be surprised if the officer in question isn't prosecuted. It's a Nigeria thing.

This is one of their madness... I hate police ehen.

[size=18pt]the said policeman, his colleagues on patrol and the dpo should be made to pay for this as another sample to other officials who are fond of maltreating innocent civilians[/size]

I hope Ngozi Braide is seeing this.

Thunder fire that Policeman. How can he beat a Lady to that extends? They should drag him to Court. Hungry policeman.

Wisdom is profitable, Naija is a jungle.

I wouldn't provoke, argue with A Nigerian policeman at night, scratch " knowing my right, bla bla"

It takes nothing for them to pull the trigger. YOLO and life is super sweet. I'd simply patronise them, massage their dead ego and go my merry way in one piece. Doesn't make me a foool.

Good luck to the couple.

Anthony3850:
Op who are u self? Are u d driver, or d man? By the way,, learn how to write stories cos dis story isnt well narrated,,, (#rightEYEDcouple)

allow me to say u very stupid for this ur post. Must u comment when u know u have no sense?

In as much as d policeman acted babaric, u will discover from d story dat d woman was d cause of d problem, if a policeman is beaming his light @ u, he has his reasons, I knw she must av talked rudely to him now de ar blamin d police.

Since we knw our policemen ar not very civilise, we ought to learn how to manage dem, by talkin rudely to dem, u too ar not civilise.

Nigeria police are just turn off for me.
that sector need to be washed and clean by Government.

.Nigeria police still show compassion! thank Goodness it's not an american cop! things would got worse #Blacklifesmatter
#mIchealBobbyBrown
#shunracism
#shuntribalusm

The policeman must be left handed or he just has a thing for the right eye. Good aim though.

Omg!!!








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so pathetic

Good Morning Friends

Henrypraise:
In as much as d policeman acted babaric, u will discover from d story dat d woman was d cause of d problem, if a policeman is beaming his light @ u, he has his reasons, I knw she must av talked rudely to him now de ar blamin d police.
Since we knw our policemen ar not very civilise, we ought to learn how to manage dem, by talkin rudely to dem, u too ar not civilise.

I agree with you.

Why naa

master123:
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g for gun

the police is your friend lol

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