A 29-year-old photographer, Ejeh Smith,
and his wife, Grace, 26, are in pains and receiving treatment at a Lagos
hospital after a police officer, identified as Dada Ogunsanya,
allegedly tortured them with his rifle.
Ogunsanya is attached to the Ikoyi Police Division.
The incident happened at the Lekki
Roundabout on Wednesday, last week, while the couple was in a taxi en
route to their home at Parkview Estate.
It was learnt that the police officer was among a seven-man team, patrolling the area around 10pm.
The police team was said to have stopped the taxi driver and demanded that he opened his boot for a routine check.
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The taxi driver, Ndubuisi Iheaka, said that after he opened his boot which contained
scaffolding belts, the policeman demanded to see his driving licence.
“I was about getting the driving licence when he started flashing his torchlight on my passengers who were sitting at the back.
“The wife told the officer not to flash the torch on them since the inner light of the vehicle was on.
“Because of what she said, the policeman
asked them to come down from the cab. This started an argument. The
next thing I saw was that the policeman pulled my passenger (Ejeh) by
his trousers, and his wife went to plead with him to stop.
“But instead, he slapped her and punched
her husband. He was wearing a ring, which inflicted a deep cut on
Ejeh’s face. After that, he used the butt of his gun to hit him in his
eye and face. He also dragged his wife on the road.”
Grace said the policeman, apart from slapping her, stepped on her tummy.
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