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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by nairaman66(m): 12:29pm On Jul 31, 2018
.... and the madness continues!
Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by bamirotola: 12:30pm On Jul 31, 2018
Cc @segalink on twitter...this must trend.
Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by FarahAideed: 12:33pm On Jul 31, 2018
He should make sure he sues that careless wicked woman for every dime she has

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by nwabueze1999(m): 12:33pm On Jul 31, 2018
[color=#990000][/color] embarassedannoying people��
Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by GBOYEBABA: 12:34pm On Jul 31, 2018
Oga, go to Office of the Public defender @ Alausa. Its under Ministry of Justice, they will summon the useless woman instantly.
No dull urself o....

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by Nobody: 12:36pm On Jul 31, 2018
God will punish all those evil policemen and women in Nigeria, none of dia family shall know peace. IJN.

See how innocent man got messed up for nothing, oga borrow money to hire good lawyer and ask for 100M

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by konkonbilo(m): 12:36pm On Jul 31, 2018
cry These another lesson to uber,taxify and the rest drivers...we learn everyday..

I'd suggested people doing this kind of work get a note book or a log book designed for customers loads and luggages where by ur passengers sign before entering ur cab the amount of load,bags etc she's bringing into you cab to prevent this kind of incident...

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by Nobody: 12:36pm On Jul 31, 2018
the fear of sars is the second begining of wisdom see them coming one way beter fly the other way
Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by allanphash7(m): 12:37pm On Jul 31, 2018
Police is your number one enemy



Imagine the kind of lie this Police officer just tell



Infact lie Mohammed is a learner

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by laprince(m): 12:38pm On Jul 31, 2018
ITbomb:
Of course the diligent police are right, they were right there when the mob attacked the man while another detachment went to airport to search for a bag

Nansense

I was also stunned by the mob stunt.
Mhen, Naija SARS no make sense.

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by thunderbabs: 12:38pm On Jul 31, 2018
Nigeria police are jus like agberos molesting pple.. Nothin professional abt their work... Always threatening every1 with i will kill u and nothing will happen

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by silasely(m): 12:43pm On Jul 31, 2018
Like buhari like ig (like fada like son) oh my shinton country.......dose sars need to be transferred to animal department....
Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by BIXYBABE: 12:43pm On Jul 31, 2018
God save us all
Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by stacyadams: 12:46pm On Jul 31, 2018
Akoja360:
the fear of sars is the second begining of wisdom see them coming one way beter fly the other way
lol sometimes for traffic there bus go jst dey ur side.how u wan escape am
Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by cytell56: 12:49pm On Jul 31, 2018
winkmart:
A Taxify driver, John Otuechere, who was wrongly accused by his passenger of stealing her bag and eventually tortured by the SARS operatives she reported to, has filed for charges over violation of his human rights.

The driver added that he was arrested, detained and tortured on the order of one Mrs Alice Isah.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Isah who came back into the country from training in Dubai on Sunday, July 15, had called the Taxify driver to pick her up from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and drop her off at her residence on Lekki Gardens Estate, Lagos State.

Otuechere said while they were on the way, his car developed a fault which prompted him to park to examine the vehicle.

He said:

“We were on the Third Mainland Bridge when my car started making an unusual sound. I did not stop because it was dangerous; so I managed it until we left the bridge.

“I eventually parked beside a RRS Patrol vehicle to examine the car. While examining the car, a guy crossed over from the other side of the road to assist me. I don’t know him, but he said he was a mechanic, and we discovered that only one nut was left holding the tyre to the bolts on the driver side.

“The woman (Isah) at this point got down from the car to observe what was going on. She saw that we had to unscrew one nut from the other tyres to fasten the tyre on the driver side to the vehichle. I gave the man N100 and he crossed back to the other side of the road before we moved on.”

The 37-year-old driver said they had no other stopover till they got to Isah’s residence where they brought down her luggage. He said the passenger, at this point, discovered that one of her bags had gone missing.

Otuechere said he suggested taking her back to the airport to check whether she forgot the bag, adding that instead, Isah accused him of conniving with the mechanic to steal her bag.

He said:

“I told her that I would take her to the airport and back for free, but she insisted that she personally put the bag in the boot of my car.

“She held me and started slapping me, calling me a thief. One of her neighbours and the estate’s chief security officer accompanied her, and I was taken to the Ogombo Police Station.

“The second day, when the policeman who investigated the case suggested that we searched for the bag at my house and the airport, she said he was supporting me and she petitioned the state police command and the case was transferred to Ikeja.

“Immediately I got to SARS in Ikeja, a policeman, identified as Omoleme, hit me many times with an iron bar to make me confess in the presence of the woman. He said he would kill me and nothing would happen. I was in tears because of the pain; my blood was all over the floor and I was told to pull off my dress and start cleaning it.

“I was taken to the man in charge of SARS; when I tried to explain to him that I was innocent, he ordered his men to hang me because I was not saying the truth.

“SARS cell is a graphic picture of hell; I saw over 70 people inside one room and immediately I entered, I was welcomed with several blows, slaps and kicks.”

The Abia State indigene said it took the intervention of his lawyer before the SARS operatives agreed to search for the bag at the airport.

He added that the bag was eventually found and recovered at the airport where the woman forgot it.

Otuechere, whose two fingers had been broken during the torture, said he wanted justice and compensation for being humiliated and tortured for a crime he did not commit.

He said:

“When my lawyer saw my condition, she was annoyed with the officers for torturing me without investigation. She insisted that they should search for the bag at the airport; so a policeman went with my sister. I was told that the bag was found at the airport.

“When they returned, I was released. The woman has not called to apologise; even the officers of SARS did not apologise for torturing me without investigation. I want justice, I demand a written apology from F-SARS and Mrs Alice Isah for wrongful accusation, detention and torture.

“I also demand N10m compensation for my inability to provide for my family because of the torture.

Otuechere’s sister, Chika, said Isah was not remorseful of what she did to her brother after they recovered the bag at the airport.

Chika said:

“When we got to the airport, we went to where they normally put missing luggage. We didn’t even stress ourselves before we found the bag there. The airport officers told us that they picked it on the floor of the airport.

“The woman was not remorseful about what she caused. The SARS officers were even harassing me despite knowing that she was the one who forgot the bag.

“They broke my brother’s fingers because of this issue. I want the government to fight for us. They should end SARS, they are killers.

Isah, however, said she never took the law into her own hand, adding that she involved the police because she needed them to recover her bag which contained vital document.

Isah said:

“The car started jerking on Third Mainland Bridge and he stopped to examine what happened and discovered it was the tyre. I had to tell him to manage it till we left the bridge.

“After disembarking the bridge, one strange guy came and I saw them looking at the tyre. The driver told me that it was some missing nuts that caused the problem.

“When we got to my residence, we could not locate the bag. Because of those two stopovers and the strange fellow, I thought that that was how my back got missing.”

Isah said she reported the case at the Ogombo Police Station, where Otuechere was detained, adding that she reported to SARS because she urgently needed her bag.

“I was the one that went to the SARS to report. When they heard from me and John, they decided that we should go to the airport where the bag was found. I don’t know how to explain how I felt when I saw the bag at the airport. I did not torture him; I only reported the matter to the law enforcement agents because I wanted my bag.

“When we were leaving, they said we should bring our lawyers, so I went there with my lawyer and they exchanged addresses and phone numbers. I have been waiting to hear from my lawyer since then.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relation Officer, CSP Chike Oti, said Otuechere was not tortured.

He said:

“What happened was that a case of stealing was lodged against him at Ogombo division. Before investigation into the case could start, the complainant in the case moved it to another level of police investigation, which is SARS.

“Through diligent investigation by the F-SARS team, the missing bag was recovered. The Taxify driver was subsequently released on administrative bail. I must tell you on good authority that throughout the period of the investigation, he was not tortured by the F-SARS men.

“However, it must be noted that the suspect was roughened up a bit by a mob. For him now to turn around to put any form of blame on the F-SARS men who worked hard to recover the stolen bag is most unfortunate.

“Meanwhile, investigation into the case is still ongoing and efforts are on to identify and arrest the mob that attacked him before he was handed over to the police.”

https://lailasnews.com/sars-operatives-torture-driver-over-lost-bag-but-owner-misplaced-it-at-the-airport/


I know this guy at Shoprite. No free for them o, you must sue them for N100m and at most get N50m. This is unfair in a Democratic dispensation. No wonder they refer to us as a Shithole country

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by lexy2014: 12:49pm On Jul 31, 2018
winkmart:
A Taxify driver, John Otuechere, who was wrongly accused by his passenger of stealing her bag and eventually tortured by the SARS operatives she reported to, has filed for charges over violation of his human rights.

The driver added that he was arrested, detained and tortured on the order of one Mrs Alice Isah.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Isah who came back into the country from training in Dubai on Sunday, July 15, had called the Taxify driver to pick her up from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and drop her off at her residence on Lekki Gardens Estate, Lagos State.

Otuechere said while they were on the way, his car developed a fault which prompted him to park to examine the vehicle.

He said:

“We were on the Third Mainland Bridge when my car started making an unusual sound. I did not stop because it was dangerous; so I managed it until we left the bridge.

“I eventually parked beside a RRS Patrol vehicle to examine the car. While examining the car, a guy crossed over from the other side of the road to assist me. I don’t know him, but he said he was a mechanic, and we discovered that only one nut was left holding the tyre to the bolts on the driver side.

“The woman (Isah) at this point got down from the car to observe what was going on. She saw that we had to unscrew one nut from the other tyres to fasten the tyre on the driver side to the vehichle. I gave the man N100 and he crossed back to the other side of the road before we moved on.”

The 37-year-old driver said they had no other stopover till they got to Isah’s residence where they brought down her luggage. He said the passenger, at this point, discovered that one of her bags had gone missing.

Otuechere said he suggested taking her back to the airport to check whether she forgot the bag, adding that instead, Isah accused him of conniving with the mechanic to steal her bag.

He said:

“I told her that I would take her to the airport and back for free, but she insisted that she personally put the bag in the boot of my car.

“She held me and started slapping me, calling me a thief. One of her neighbours and the estate’s chief security officer accompanied her, and I was taken to the Ogombo Police Station.

“The second day, when the policeman who investigated the case suggested that we searched for the bag at my house and the airport, she said he was supporting me and she petitioned the state police command and the case was transferred to Ikeja.

“Immediately I got to SARS in Ikeja, a policeman, identified as Omoleme, hit me many times with an iron bar to make me confess in the presence of the woman. He said he would kill me and nothing would happen. I was in tears because of the pain; my blood was all over the floor and I was told to pull off my dress and start cleaning it.

“I was taken to the man in charge of SARS; when I tried to explain to him that I was innocent, he ordered his men to hang me because I was not saying the truth.

“SARS cell is a graphic picture of hell; I saw over 70 people inside one room and immediately I entered, I was welcomed with several blows, slaps and kicks.”

The Abia State indigene said it took the intervention of his lawyer before the SARS operatives agreed to search for the bag at the airport.

He added that the bag was eventually found and recovered at the airport where the woman forgot it.

Otuechere, whose two fingers had been broken during the torture, said he wanted justice and compensation for being humiliated and tortured for a crime he did not commit.

He said:

“When my lawyer saw my condition, she was annoyed with the officers for torturing me without investigation. She insisted that they should search for the bag at the airport; so a policeman went with my sister. I was told that the bag was found at the airport.

“When they returned, I was released. The woman has not called to apologise; even the officers of SARS did not apologise for torturing me without investigation. I want justice, I demand a written apology from F-SARS and Mrs Alice Isah for wrongful accusation, detention and torture.

“I also demand N10m compensation for my inability to provide for my family because of the torture.

Otuechere’s sister, Chika, said Isah was not remorseful of what she did to her brother after they recovered the bag at the airport.

Chika said:

“When we got to the airport, we went to where they normally put missing luggage. We didn’t even stress ourselves before we found the bag there. The airport officers told us that they picked it on the floor of the airport.

“The woman was not remorseful about what she caused. The SARS officers were even harassing me despite knowing that she was the one who forgot the bag.

“They broke my brother’s fingers because of this issue. I want the government to fight for us. They should end SARS, they are killers.

Isah, however, said she never took the law into her own hand, adding that she involved the police because she needed them to recover her bag which contained vital document.

Isah said:

“The car started jerking on Third Mainland Bridge and he stopped to examine what happened and discovered it was the tyre. I had to tell him to manage it till we left the bridge.

“After disembarking the bridge, one strange guy came and I saw them looking at the tyre. The driver told me that it was some missing nuts that caused the problem.

“When we got to my residence, we could not locate the bag. Because of those two stopovers and the strange fellow, I thought that that was how my back got missing.”

Isah said she reported the case at the Ogombo Police Station, where Otuechere was detained, adding that she reported to SARS because she urgently needed her bag.

“I was the one that went to the SARS to report. When they heard from me and John, they decided that we should go to the airport where the bag was found. I don’t know how to explain how I felt when I saw the bag at the airport. I did not torture him; I only reported the matter to the law enforcement agents because I wanted my bag.

“When we were leaving, they said we should bring our lawyers, so I went there with my lawyer and they exchanged addresses and phone numbers. I have been waiting to hear from my lawyer since then.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relation Officer, CSP Chike Oti, said Otuechere was not tortured.

He said:

“What happened was that a case of stealing was lodged against him at Ogombo division. Before investigation into the case could start, the complainant in the case moved it to another level of police investigation, which is SARS.

“Through diligent investigation by the F-SARS team, the missing bag was recovered. The Taxify driver was subsequently released on administrative bail. I must tell you on good authority that throughout the period of the investigation, he was not tortured by the F-SARS men.

“However, it must be noted that the suspect was roughened up a bit by a mob. For him now to turn around to put any form of blame on the F-SARS men who worked hard to recover the stolen bag is most unfortunate.

“Meanwhile, investigation into the case is still ongoing and efforts are on to identify and arrest the mob that attacked him before he was handed over to the police.”

https://lailasnews.com/sars-operatives-torture-driver-over-lost-bag-but-owner-misplaced-it-at-the-airport/

which mob? At what point in this whole episode did d driver encounter a mob?

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by Donwyz(m): 12:49pm On Jul 31, 2018
Exwizard:
Tell those sars their death follows suite

No. Wonder they keep getting killed mistakenly.
yes! they shall eat their own flesh and drink their own blood

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by MightySparrow: 12:50pm On Jul 31, 2018
OneCorner:
Blacks. The worst set of people
Rather, the wrong set of people on earth.

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by RevenGeMission: 12:50pm On Jul 31, 2018
I'd believe an olosho is a virgin before i believe police didn't torture this man hustling in a legit manner

I must say he is lucky too , if that bag had been picked up by someone else for whatever the heck is inside it , The driver would probably be dead by now

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by Emmanueledu(m): 12:50pm On Jul 31, 2018
pls anyone who has a link to this story should pls push it to twitter! That driver needs to be compensated... some women are just pure definition of devil!!!

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by TrueLEADER: 12:51pm On Jul 31, 2018
When you're ready for justice, Kindly share the woman's picture first and stop hoping on government.
.......... Let us help you thrash her image home and abroad and then take those rude and uncultured police men to the court and get Justice for you and your brother........
To be poor is a crime.

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by giles14(m): 12:53pm On Jul 31, 2018
both SARS n the demonic woman are devils advocate.


pls charge her to court and may the judge grant her atleast 6months imprisonment
Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by Namt: 12:53pm On Jul 31, 2018
for accusing him she should be torture too let her feel d pain

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by BIXYBABE: 12:57pm On Jul 31, 2018
NOC1:

“However, it must be noted that the suspect was roughened up a bit by a mob. For him now to turn around to put any form of blame on the F-SARS men who worked hard to recover the stolen bag is most unfortunate.

The bolded statement by the policeman is highly provocative and insulting to a sound mind. Does he know thr definition of stolen, what is the correlation between misplaced/forgotten and steal?
In a working country the woman will be on her knees begging the cab man.
U also notice it...... They even say they would kill him and nothing would happen if he didn't confess d crime he didn't commit. Nawa how do I get to d country called NIGERIA

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by ipobarethieves: 12:59pm On Jul 31, 2018
grin grin
giles14:
both SARS n the demonic woman are devils advocate.


pls charge her to court and may the judge grant her atleast 6months imprisonment
sad
giles14:
both SARS n the demonic woman are devils advocate.


pls charge her to court and may the judge grant her atleast 6months imprisonment
6 months imprisonment in one special hotel beside the prison? Nah 9ja we dey
Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by 49cents(m): 12:59pm On Jul 31, 2018
nairavsdollars:
Imagine if the bag was not found...May God punish that heartless woman. After the mechanic assisted, did she see him leave with any bag or bag is now a pin that he hid in his pocket? The guy must get justice and i am willing to assist in my own little way

Women are passionate beings when they love you are in heaven when they are angry with you especially with thier loss and they have power to punish they have no mercy
Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by PHIPEX(m): 1:02pm On Jul 31, 2018
This man deserves every justice he can get. He was accused and condemned even before investigation.

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by karimusaa: 1:02pm On Jul 31, 2018
LAWYERS IN THE HOUSE, OVER TO YOU!!!

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Re: SARS Officers Torture Driver Over Lost Bag, But Owner Misplaced It At Airport by Daewang: 1:02pm On Jul 31, 2018
God if you don't punish this woman and everybody that took part in this nonsense then you do not deserve any worship and your Bible is a lie.
What I hate most is when innocent people suffer for nothing. If it is like that let goodness die let everybody be evil nonsense.
I curse this woman and everybody that took part in the torture and even those that are lying to cover things up.
As long as there is a God and as long as there is any justice in the universe until you apologize and compensate this man adequately life will break your fingers and torture you. Sorrow will never cease from your lives. Useless bastards.

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