A traveller who was brutalised by police officers in Delta State has opened up on how he was handled by the cops.
The incident was captured on camera
Damilola Adeyanju, one of the two men that were maltreated by the
police on their way from a wedding in Delta State, last weekend has
opened up.
According to Punch Metro, the man in a phone conversation, described his encounter with some men who were in SARS uniform as “horrendous and disappointing."
He was also convinced that the men couldn’t possibly be members of the Nigerian Police Force, considering the “murderous ways” they were dealt with.
Adeyanju said, “Our encounters with these men in SARS uniform
is sad and horrendous. Considering the way they nearly murdered us in
cold blood, the horrendous lies they told against us, the lying
statements they made us sign and the unprovoked beatings they gave us, I
have every cause to believe that they weren’t trained to be law
enforcement agents.
“And if they happen to be policemen as they want us to believe, then Nigeria is doomed!
“They extorted N80,000 from us before they released our laptops
and phones. They made us sign statements we did not write or read.
“How can policemen act so despicably?”
He added, “The activities of these men is a dent on the image
of a Federal Government that claims to be fighting graft and gross
indiscipline.
“No professional organisation should have such beasts on their
staff list because they are a further dent on the already bad image of
the Police.
“I expect the Inspector General of Police to consider our story
and fish out these murderers in Police uniform. They have no business
being in the Force at all.”