A young man, Thompson Ntiedo has been arrested for taking
pictures of a policeman collecting bribe from a commercial motorist, He
was arrested by personnel of the Okota Police Station on Tuesday
evening, who claimed they were carrying out the directives of the
Divisional Police Officer (DPO), James Chu, a CSP.
The victim was detained for three hours, released on bail at about 9pm with his two phones confiscated after he was forced to delete all the pictures he took.He was asked to return to the station Wednesday morning which he did and was finally set free following the intervention of the police human rights officer.
As if detaining him was not enough, his brother who signed his bail bond was allegedly made to part away with some cash as “appreciation”.
Narrating his ordeal, the victim said:
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The victim was detained for three hours, released on bail at about 9pm with his two phones confiscated after he was forced to delete all the pictures he took.He was asked to return to the station Wednesday morning which he did and was finally set free following the intervention of the police human rights officer.
As if detaining him was not enough, his brother who signed his bail bond was allegedly made to part away with some cash as “appreciation”.
Narrating his ordeal, the victim said:
”I was in a commercial bus when we got to the area and one of the policemen on the road was demanding that our driver bribe him.
“I brought out my phone and captured
him and they saw me. They dragged me out of the bus and seized the phone
I used to take the pictures.“They said I was under arrest but I begged
that they should delete the pictures and release me but they refused.
“The next thing, they called the
station and a patrol van appeared and they demanded that I enter because
the DPO wants to see me.
“When we got there, they didn’t take
me to meet the DPO neither did they release me. I was there from 6pm to
9pm.Afterwards, they asked me to go home and report back by 9am the
following day ( Wednesday ). But before I was released, I had to call
one of my brothers with my second phone to come and bail me.
“Meanwhile, before I left that night, they also seized the second phone from me and I went home without any of my phones.
“I got there Wednesday by 9am and
waited till 2:40pm before my second phone was released. This was after
the human rights officer intervened in my case and asked them to let me
go.
“Even at that, the policeman handling
my case went to Ikeja to submit my report and so I had to wait till he
got back for my phones to be released.”
Culled from the Nation
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