In another case pf police hostility and brutality, a
Nigerian lady on IG @cute.dino, has narrated how a female police office slapped
her sister, bit her hand and smashed her phone when she attempted to
record the inhuman activities they suffered from a set of police officers in
the Ikeja GRA area in Lagos state yesterday January 15th. Read her account
below
I never took d
campaign against Police brutality serious bcos av never had direct encounter
with dem untill dis night. My boyfriend came visiting so I accompanied him to
his car nd decided to do some chitchat in d car wen suddenly a black golf car
with no plate number parked beside us nd started asking questions after
claiming to b police officers ( dey were on mufti nd I swear dey looked like
kidnapers or armed robbers sef) i told dem dat i was in front of my house nd
dats my boyfriend, dey asked y he did not enter nd talk inside if he was
actually my boyfriend. I explained to dem dat he was actually inside befor nd
hez about taking his leave. Dey ask for wat he does for a living nd he said
he’s a student, dey ask for his ID card which he showed dem, den dey asked for
mine too nd i told dem how do dey expect me to av my ID card at dat spot. They
told me to provide it still so i had to go inside to pick it. I told my sisters
wat happened nd dey followed me outside. After seeing d ID card dey ask if we
live alone nd we told dem we live with my Mum who is not in town. My sister ask
if dey want to talk to her dat she shud call her. The police man suddenly shouted
at my sister nd ask her who she think our mum is, den dey ask for her sch, she
told dem shez a student of kwara poly nd d police ask y shez staying in GRA nd
not eleko dat is close to d sch. My sis asked dem what right dey had to dictate
were she shud live den one of d dem who is a woman asked her to shut up or she
shut her up herself. My sister said she can’t keep quit because dey are abusing
her right, nd even ask dem which right dey had to harass us in front of our
house. D police woman jst slapped my sister dat shez rude. Dat was how we all
became furious dat how will she slap a lady who hasn’t done anything. My sister
took her fone out to record so she can get pictures of d police so we can
report at d nearby station since dey did not wear uniform nd we dnt knw dere
name. D woman dragged d fone from my sister, bite her hand nd smatch her fone
on d floor. Some guys driving by stopped to interfere. Dose police Later ran
away wen dey saw dat we ain’t taking dere shit no more. Bruh dis is
dehumanizing nd unacceptable, my sis hand aches so badly (she got blood from d
bite) nd her fone is spoilt. WE WANT JUSTICE
Watch the video she
shared online below
