Rights Group Reports Bode Thomas Police Station, Others To Police Authority

…alleges kidnapping, illegal arrest, extortion

A human rights organization,the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has reported the Police officers attached to the Bode Thomas Police Station in Lagos to the Inspector General of Police(IGP), Police Service Commission (PSC) and other authorities over alleged kidnapping, illegal arrest, extortion and other illegal duties.

It also called on the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu to beam searchlight into the Meiran Police Station where one Saheed Asimiyu with phone number;-08107283465, were kidnapped in June this year over Trump-up charge by Woman Police officer Folake with phone number:-07061006690 and officer Ade,the manfriend to an hairdreess called Omotolani Aina with phone number- 07044070791, in the area, who raised trum-up allegation gainst Asimiyu,until the intervention of the Centre(CHRSJ) and Ojodu Police Station where one Inspector Monday with phone number 08168071913 and his team, failed to properly investigate attack on one Ademola Azeez with phone number:-08028594042.

It was against this backdrop that the Centre wrote a strong worded Petition Letter dated June 8th, 2020 and signed by the CHRSJ’s Executive Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman and copies were made available to newsmen on Saturday and forwarded to the office of IGP,Chairman Police Service Commission (PSC),Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2 comprises of Lagos and Ogun States and Lagos State commissioner of police, calling for proper investigation of the alleged officers in the Petition Letter.

It added that one Bolaji who called himself a relative of Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker, House of representatives, Abubakar of Iponri Estate and their driver with phone number 08022376148 in collaboration with Inspector Daniel of Bode Thomas Police State
attacked the a Car dealer, Mallam Mustapha Abdulfatai with phone number:-08063137192 by damaging his vehicle and refused to repair it because they claimed of knowing Hon. Gbajabiamila before Inspector Daniel, adding that they warned the Car dealer not to request for the repair of his car again.

Meanwhile, It furher alleged one Inspector Nasiru with Phone number—08034254018 attached to Bode Thomas Police Station of leading a team of Police to kidnapp one Michael Oluwaseun Ajala of No 24,Olowu Street,Ikeja, Lagos with phone number:-08135080208 recently , on the illegal instruction of one Alhaji Bolarinwa Raheem with phone number-08185792544, the Manager,Total Filling Station,Olusosun Bus-Stop along Oregun-Ojota road, Lagos.

The group alleged that the victim (Michael) was kidnapped by the Police on 27th of September,2020 around 9 o’clock in the morning and his family members were looking for him by visiting Mortuaries around the area,Ijora Police Station, Ojota Police Station ,Orile-Iganmu/Mile 2 Police Station until the following morning when the Centre
intervened through its leadership and Micheal was released by the Police at the Total Filling Station.

While reporting to the CHRSJ what he went through in the hand of the Police on the instruction of Alhaji Raheem, Michael said that they caused psychological and social trauma for him, for no offence than help his father to pay sum of Thirty-Two thounsand naira (N32,000) to Alhaji Bolarinwa Raheem few months ago at the Police Station and the Police thought that he would still have money they could extort presently after his father had travelled to their home town.

The group therefore called on the Police authority, particularly, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to fish out Inspector Nasiru and his team for necessary disciplinary action.

Signed:
Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman,
(Revolutionary Alfa),
Executive Chairman, CHRSJ,
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