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Police Detain Men For Eating Late, Demand N15,000 Bribe!! by sinkhole: 6:52am On May 13, 2016 |
The Surulere Police Division,
Lagos State, on Tuesday
arrested four men, who were
accused of eating late in the
night around the Ojuelegba
Bridge in the Surulere area.
Our correspondent learnt that
the suspects – one of them
identified as Sango Svengali –
were eating noodles at a shop
on Ogunlana Drive around
11pm, when the policemen,
said to be about eight,
rounded them up.
The policemen, who reportedly
brought three vans, were said
to have accused the men of
eating late and queried why
they did not eat in their
houses.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the
suspects were subsequently
whisked away to the Area C
Command, Surulere.
It was learnt that the
policemen at the counter
allegedly demanded N15,000
‘settlement’ from the men,
threatening that they would
sleep in the cell overnight if
they failed to settle.
Our correspondent gathered
that Svengali and his friends,
who were not made to write
any statement, offered N5,000
but the policemen refused.
Our correspondent learnt that
on Wednesday, the suspects
were brought before the area
commander, who noted that
they resembled Boko Haram
members, ordering them to
shave their beards.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro
on Thursday after regaining his
freedom, Svengali said the
policemen did not ask any of
them for identification before
forcing them into their vans.
He said, “I had a stressful day
at work on Tuesday. There was
a lot of traffic. Instead of going
home through the Third
Mainland Bridge, I decided to
spend the night at a friend’s
place in Ojuelegba. Some
other friends came to my
friend’s place. Later, around
11pm, we were hungry and we
decided to go down the road
to buy noodles.
“The Mai shai are basically
night-food people. So we
knew they would still be selling
food. We drove to Ogunlana
Drive and saw a woman selling
noodles by the roadside. The
three of us decided to buy
noodles and eat. We sat on the
trunk of the two cars we
brought and ate the food. As
we were about to go, three
police vans stopped by our
vehicles. There were about
eight policemen in the vans.
“The policemen dragged me
into one of their vans. I was
confused and wanted to resist.
But when I saw the young man
selling recharge cards beside
the woman being slapped
several times, I knew it was
useless resisting. The
policemen did not ask us any
question. They did not ask us
to identify ourselves.”
Svengali added that when they
got to the station, they met
eight others who had been
arrested.
He said, “While in the van, the
policemen sitting beside me
collected my phone and
started searching through it.
He checked through my
electronic mail, and when he
did not find anything, he said,
‘Sometimes you go dey pray
say you no dey road when
devil dey pass.’ He added that
we would ‘sort it out’ at the
station.
“As we moved on, I noticed
that my other friends – except
one – were in the other vans.
When we got to the station, we
found that eight people had
been picked up too. The
policemen at the station said,
‘Why una no chop for house?’
One of my friends started
negotiating for us at the
counter. The policemen said
they wanted N15,000 to let
three of us go. He was begging
them to take N5,000. They
refused.
“The cell stank like a gutter.
There were about 18 of us
there. We endured the stench
till morning. When it was
around 7am, we were brought
before the area commander.
We were lined up like
criminals. He said our misdeed
was that we ate at an unholy
hour. He said we looked like
fanatics and Boko Haram
members.
“He ordered them to lock us
up again. After some time,
some of our friends came, one
of them is a lawyer. He spoke
to the area commander. He
said the only way to release us
was to shave our beards. The
police bought shaving sticks
and made us shave at the
counter. I was so embarrassed.
All this while, we never wrote
any statement. We were not
accused of anything. When I
finally left, it was some minutes
before 10am.”
Our correspondent learnt that
one of the suspects
communicated with the
Complaints Response Unit,
Abuja, through Twitter, to
report the alleged bribe the
policemen demanded.
The Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer, SP Dolapo
Badmos, had yet to reply to a
text message sent to her
phone on the incident.
The Head of the CRU, Force
Headquarters, Abuja, CSP
Abayomi Shogunle, however,
replied on Twitter that a team
of policemen had gone to the
police station to ascertain the
claim of the complainants.
He said, “A special monitoring
team from the Force
Headquarters on nationwide
patrol is at the police station in
Ojuelegba to verify this report.
The complaint is
acknowledged and the tracking
number is CRU 359117.” www.punchng.com/police-detain-men-eating-late-demand-n15000-bribe/ |
Re: Police Detain Men For Eating Late, Demand N15,000 Bribe!! by gisthit: 6:58am On May 13, 2016 |
so funny |
Re: Police Detain Men For Eating Late, Demand N15,000 Bribe!! by delishpot: 7:07am On May 13, 2016 |
Nigerian police need to get Bubus attention o. Change hasntbreached there at all. What kind of evil treatment is this? Where is Ben Bruce? He should come and make sense.here |
Re: Police Detain Men For Eating Late, Demand N15,000 Bribe!! by NextGovernor(m): 7:09am On May 13, 2016 |
I fear police the day my friend and his girlfriend was arrest by 9pm for possession condom they bought. They slept behind bars till next morning. |
Re: Police Detain Men For Eating Late, Demand N15,000 Bribe!! by Florblu(f): 7:10am On May 13, 2016 |
When did eating late turn to crime? |
Re: Police Detain Men For Eating Late, Demand N15,000 Bribe!! by akp202(m): 12:32pm On May 13, 2016 |
Police can be so funny.. ..any ways Police is ur friend |
Re: Police Detain Men For Eating Late, Demand N15,000 Bribe!! by Adesiji77: 10:44pm On May 13, 2016 |
Just when you think you have seen it all...LOL lalasticlala, dominique, Seun |
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