Ogun State Residents Petition IGP, Accuse Police Officers Of Extortion Of N5million, Abduction, Brutality


 February 7, 2025

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The victims narrated how the police officers in the Sango Area Command allegedly detained, tortured, and extorted them under the guise of an official operation.


Ikechukwu Joseph, Solomon Adeniyi, and Alhaja Asisat, three Ogun State residents, have written to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, through their lawyer, the Initiative for the Downtrodden, accusing some police officers of brruality and extortion. 

The officers; SP Rotimi Ogunmuyiwa, ASP Paul Ataga, IPO Jude Ikhe (Chinedu), and others in Ogun State were alleged to be involved in brutality, extortion, and criminal abduction. 

The victims narrated how the police officers in the Sango Area Command allegedly detained, tortured, and extorted them under the guise of an official operation.

According to the petition, signed by Ayo Ogundeji Esq, and Anaja Michael Marijata for the National President, the officers illegally abducted Joseph from his residence in Peace Estate, Ipaja, Lagos, on November 14, 2024. 


 


"He was unlawfully detained, physically tortured; the victim’s two legs and hands were chained together with a metal rod placed in between his bounded hands and legs and was hung on a constructed pillar/pole at the IRT office, and was brutalised to the extent of inflicting him with bodily injuries," the petition stated.


 


The petition also alleged that the officers stormed Joseph’s residence without a warrant, labelling him an armed robber and kidnapper. 


 


"They openly labelled the 1st victim as a hardened criminal, by telling the neighborhood that the 1st victim is an armed robber and a kidnapper, who according to them kidnapped a little child and that they came from Abuja on the Inspector-General of Police’s order."


 


The officers reportedly looted Joseph’s home, taking furniture, air conditioners, a deep freezer, and two generators. 


 


"They even threw away the victim’s pregnant wife’s food from the freezer and took the freezer away," t

he petition noted. 

The petitioners urged the Inspector-General of Police to take immediate action. "We as a human rights organisation hereby request that you may take the following steps as a matter of urgency, so as to avoid further harassment and humiliation," the petition stated, demanding a full investigation, disciplinary action, and refund of the extorted money. 


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