A
30-year-old graduate, Daniel Yosua, who was paraded by the Lagos State Police
Command, along with other suspects said he was forced at
gunpoint to give a false statement when he arrived at the Mile 12
Police station to report a street fight.
Yosua, a native of Okpara, Delta State,said that he was arrested and detained after he got to the Police station.
According to Daily Truts..Yosua who spoke with newsmen said:
“It
was on Friday, October 9, on my street in the Mile 12 area. The street fight
started at about 8pm. My friends and I were in a shop discussing when we heard
bottles breaking a few metres away. We quickly ran inside the compound of one
of my friends.
“That
was where I hid while the thugs fought on my street. After about 10 minutes, I
came out, and found out that one of my friends, Bisi Olateju, was injured. I
then told others that I was going to the police station to report the fight. I
went to the Mile 12 Police Post to make the report.
“When
I was going back home, one of the police officers, a woman, said I should be on
the lookout, and bring anyone who was among those fighting.
“I
then rushed my friend, Olateju, to the hospital. As I stepped out of the
hospital premises, one of the hoodlums, who learnt I went to the station to
report, came around to make trouble.
“After
much noise, he was beaten by some other persons, and we all went to the police
station. The hoodlum was slightly injured in the mouth. When we got to the
station, to my surprise, I was arrested and detained.
“I
told the policemen that I was the one who came earlier to report the street
fight. One of them just pointed a rifle at me, and said I should begin to write
a statement. That was how I was detained.
“Later
on, I was transferred with the hoodlum to Ketu division and then to SDCI,
Panti. I had never been involved in violence. I made a mistake of going to the
police to report the incident.
“A
policeman, Adeyemi, who is attached to Ketu division, is the mastermind of my
ordeals. My family members had gone to explain to him on several occasions, but
he would not listen.”
Yosua
is still in detention.
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