Ejeh & Grace
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.
According to Punch, 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 Punch’s 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 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.”
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