Lagos Lawyer Calls On IGP To Investigate Police Brutality, Extortion On Defenseless Nigerians In Sapele
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer , and human right activist, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo has appealed to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Egbetokun to investigate report of alleged brutalization, extortion, stealing and fragrant abuse of power by officers of the Nigeria Police force in Sapele, Delta State.
The Lawyer in a statement posted on his X platform-@malcolminfiniti alleged that some trigger – happy police officers opened fire on defenseless Nigerian citizens in Sapele metropolis, Delta State in a raid of a private property on the orders of the Divisional Police Officer.
He stated that in the process of the raid, Trust Aghomi and Sunday Egbri were hit by stray bullets and fatally wounded, adding that both men were rushed by their families to the hospital where they are receiving treatment.
Omirhobo explained that in the said raid, occupants of the said property were brutalised and one Jennifer Aghomi, a POS operator was assaulted by the said police officers who arrested her and her three year old baby and detained them at the police station.
He alleged that the overzealous policemen seized the lady’s POS machine and the sum of N30, 000.00 cash.
“Based on a credible source, we are informed that one Mr. God’slove Aghomi was driving home in company of his father when police officers stopped them and demanded for bribe. Mr. God’ slove refused, complaining that barely three weeks ago the same group of police officers extorted the sum of N150, 000,.00 from him because his vehicle papers were not complete and that now that he has regularised them he was not going to bribe them again which infuriated the police officers who assaulted both men and chased them to their residence near by attacking everybody therein recklessly firing life bullets.
“In view of above we are calling on the inspector general of the Nigerian police force to without delay investigate the case of brutality, extortion, stealing and flagrant abuse of power against officers of the Nigerian police at the Sapele Divisional police Station in the interest of justice and image of the Nigerian Police Force,” he appealed.
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on Sep 29 2024. Filed under National.
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