50-year-old Emmanuel Mbill an ASP who has been in the Nigeria Police
Force for about 30 years was attacked in the eye by a naval rating, Warrant officer Unaji
Enejor, in the Kirikiri area of Lagos State, causing him to lose his sight completely.
It was learnt that prior to the attack, Emmanuel’s left eye had already been damaged by Glaucoma.
The
victim’s landlady, Mrs. Olasumbo Agunbiade, who witnessed the incident,
told our correspondent that trouble started after Enejor drove
recklessly and rammed into Emmanuel’s wife’s shop.
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She
said, “I am the landlady of the property at 25, Agunbiade Street,
Kirikiri Town, Apapa. Emmanuel’s wife, Caroline, sells drinks right in
front of the house. Around 3.30pm on February 22, Emmanuel and his wife
were seated in front of the shop when a man in a red Honda car rammed
into their shop.
“When Emmanuel
accosted the driver, the man alighted from the vehicle and identified
himself as a navy man and Emmanuel in turn, identified himself as a
police officer. The man wanted to leave but Emmanuel told him that he
could not leave without at least apologising and the navy man just used
his car key to poke Emmanuel in the eye.
“Emmanuel
fell to the floor and started screaming, ‘I have lost my sight’. When
the navy man saw the severity of the injury he had inflicted on
Emmanuel, he jumped into his car and sped off. However, as residents
were chasing him, he drove into a gutter and we arrested him.”
It was learnt that as residents were attempting to take Enejor
to the Kirikiri Police Station, two of his colleagues on a motorcycle,
arrived the scene and started beating the residents in a bid to rescue
their colleague.
It was learnt that a
few minutes later, the crowd was able to overwhelm the navy men and the
suspect was taken to the Kirikiri Police Division but was later
released.
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