The police have arrested other six cops at the scene of the torture of a couple in the Lekki area of Lagos State. A police source told PUNCH Metro
on Tuesday that the policemen were being detained at the state police
headquarters in Ikeja to explain their role in the incident.
Our correspondent had reported how Ejeh
Smith and his wife, Grace, were allegedly tortured by a police corporal,
Dada Ogunsanya, in the Lekki area. They were going home in a cab when the incident happened.
Ogunsanya was alleged to have hit Ejeh
with his rifle and stepped on the stomach of his wife, while the other
policemen looked on. A passerby, who saw the attack, was said to have insisted that the attention of the police DPO be called to the incident.
The DPO, Aisha Haruna, on arrival at the
scene, allegedly backed Ogunsanya’s action and deleted Grace’s
recordings of the attack. Following PUNCH Metro’s report
of the incident, which drew the ire of Nigerians, the Inspector General
of Police, Suleiman Abba, ordered “a full-scale investigation” into the
case. Abba, in a statement by the Force Public
Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, said the police would not spare any
cop found culpable in the course of investigations.
Our correspondent was told that the
police had detained all the policemen involved in the incident pending
the conduct of an orderly room trial. The source said, “The police have
arrested all the policemen on duty that night and they are currently
being detained at the police headquarters. “The DPO is also being interrogated to know the extent of her involvement.”
It was learnt the police wanted to
conduct the orderly room trial for Ogunsanya on Tuesday, but postponed
it for reasons our correspondent could not ascertain. Speaking on the development, Ejeh, said,
“I met with the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Cornelius Aderanti,
and he said they have arrested all the seven policemen. “The CP said they are conducting
investigations to know if the policeman is guilty or not, and he assured
me that the law will take its course.
“I just want justice to be done and I
want to thank all Nigerians who have been supporting us since this
started, especially the media. “This case has cost me my convenience and time, but it is good if I can get justice.” He said his health condition and that of his wife had improved. The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, had yet to get back to our correspondent on the
development as of the time of filing this report.
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