The police on Thursday arraigned Ejeh Smith, one of the tortured couple, before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court for allegedly receiving stolen goods.

He was arraigned along with two others, Mattias Manda and Adamu Iliasu, on three counts of conspiracy, stealing and receiving stolen goods.

The magistrate, A.T. Omoleye, granted them bail in the sum of N50,000 each with two sureties in like sum.

PUNCH Metro had reported that Ejeh and his wife, Grace, were tortured by a policeman, Dada Ogunsanya, while they were going home.

After the report, a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, had filed a N100m case against the police on behalf of the couple for the injustice suffered in the hand of the police corporal and the then Ikoyi Divisional Police Officer, Aisha Haruna.

Our correspondent reported on Thursday that the police at the end of investigation, released the cop after demoting him from a corporal to a constable, and arrested Ejeh for allegedly receiving stolen diesel.

The diesel was said to have been given to him by a security man, who stole it from his boss.

It was reported that Ejeh was arrested by policemen from the Lion Building Division and was granted bail before policemen from the Ikoyi Police Division took over the case.

The matter was subsequently taken to court on Thursday.

The charges read in part, “That you, Mattias Manda, Adamu Iliasu and Ejeh Smith, on February 8, 2015, at about 9am, at Ajayi Benbe Street, Parkview Estate Ikoyi, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit; stealing, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”

They pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Their defence counsel, Ben Ogbu, applied for their bail in liberal terms.

The magistrate, Omoleye, then admitted them to bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.

However, a lawyer from the Femi Falana Chamber, who was representing the couple in the torture case, Mr. Austin Audu, told PUNCH Metro that the N100m suit against the police would still go on.

He said, “Despite the new development, we are still going ahead with the torture case which is already before the court and has been assigned a case number.

“We are only waiting for a date to be assigned for the hearing.

“However, I must say that something is really fishy here. Why is it now that the police are bringing up this case against him? I think something is wrong somewhere.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, told our correspondent the police did not frame Ejeh, adding that they were doing their job.

He said, “There were three of them involved in the case; do we say because he has a matter with us, he should not be arrested if he commits an offence?”


http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/police-arraign-tortured-couple-for-receiving-stolen-goods/


below is a graphic pic of tortured Ejeh

That is the problem;
-We are not saying suspects should not be apprehended. But do not torture people unneccesarily. In very sane countries, they know better.
-That is how they keep wasting energy on petty cases while some of them fumble when they meet the real criminals

Oya front page sharp sharp

i know most pple didnt read it all.everybody wan make fp or ftc

A 100million suit, against the Nigerian police for this Naija wer we dey?? Oga I wish you luck o. Sorry for your injuries sha

Nigerian police officers are in dire need of orientation....that they enforce the law does not make them above the law

not until the police is sanitized, any other thing anybody is doing in this country in the name of fighting corruption is an effort in futility

see person eyes!!!! chai, Buh why dd u also do that? don't u knw its not good?

A N100m law suit against the Nigerian police?




Totally a waste of time.

This Nigerian police that is busy in lagos moving around in hired danfos and arresting people illegally.

Mounting road blocks illegally in streets.

Danfos causing mad traffic at roundabouts, road junctions and bustops and traffic policemen present at this scene collecting their daily bribe and letting this illegal drivers run their course.

What is the law in nigeria when the people enforcing the law break it with pleasure.

Comments recerved till hmmmmm when I get there.

For wot?

One blow hmmmn

For anyone that does not know....[url=http://www.nigeria-law.org/Criminal%20Code%20Act-Part%20VI%20%20to%20the%20end.htm]it is a crime to receive/buy stolen goods in Nigeria.
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Torturing the couple is wrong though.

Oga o, nigerian police are neva in good news at all

POLICE IS YOUR BEST FRIEND, OBEY THEM ......

Best friend in your DREAMS

Hmmmmm

This my nation is turning to another thing..

God help us oooo

Hmmm, doing there job indeed

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'the f''uck mahhn? Nigeria tho...

all for 20 naira

Na waa o.

See panel beating!

That's what you get from a PDP police.. Total impunity!



Vote for Change my people!

Something must be done to curb this police brutality against ordinary citizens. There are more subtle ways to extract confessions than resulting to torture.

Dem still dey call u suspect bt u don receive beating pass thief wey get money to clear him self,i wont smh cause i no want make my head fall,bt nigerian police need serious help

Let he who is of no sin cast the first stone...

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Dis is nt d original story. Hu eva posted dis shit God no go forgive u oo. Wen dis hapend it made front page of.d news papers na, so y.dis fake story...mtscheww..SMH.4 u op

Oh boy

Good for them