Lagos
- A petty trader accused a yet unidentified police officer of
assaulting her after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
had conducted a raid on drug barons at Akala and Akerele streets.
Mrs.
Adesola Johnson says she was battered by a policeman of the Alakara
Police Division on Saturday after she allegedly prevented police
officers from apprehending her 19-year-old son.
She
says at around 8 a.m. on Saturday, she was sitting at her stall on Yuba
street when she saw some youths running towards her. As it usually
happens when NDLEA agents raid the area, men from Akala street run to
Fadeyi and attack "boys" there, under the pretext that it was them who
summoned NDLEA.
The
men engaged in a free-for-all. However, when policemen from the Alakara
Police Division allegedly arrived, upon seeing the representatives of
law, the fighting men fled the scene.
Mrs.
Johnson narrated that, as the men took to their heels, she saw her son
coming back from work. The woman ushered him to her stall, and told to
wait until the situation is settled.
The policemen chasing the fighters got to her stall and ordered her son to come out.
The
woman says she knew they were going to arrest her son, so she
protested. It was then when one of the policemen became angry, took out a
"big wire" and begun beating her with it, while his colleagues
"encouraged" him.
The execution stopped only when the market leader interfered.
Meanwhile,
in a statement by the NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Mitchell
Ofoyeju, it was revealed that over 680kg of drugs were recovered in the
raid, and 15 persons arrested.
The
NDLEA Lagos Commander, Mr. Aliyu Sule, said that the operation was in
response to intelligence report received on the affected locations.
Four vehicles were reportedly vandalised in the fight.
Mrs. Adesola Johnson, the victim of the alleged police assault, demonstrates her bruises
Source: Punch Nigeria
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