Lagos Traffic Law: Policemen brutalise, strip okada rider
Some policemen reportedly took the enforcement of the Lagos Traffic Law to the extreme on Wednesday as they allegedly beat an unidentified okada rider and stripped him in Akoka, Lagos.
An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the victim was caught while riding at the junction of University Road and St. Finbarr’s College Road in Akoka. He stated that the man was plying the route oblivious that plain-clothes policemen had laid ambush in a van with registration number NPF9544B, in the area.
The eyewitness said immediately the policemen saw the okada rider, they pounced on him, beat him up and later asked him to take all his clothes off.
It hurts me to post stories like this, cause this is an abuse of authority when individuals whom are trained to maintain peace and order in the country, obviously misinterpret their role/job functions and go ahead to abuse and dehumanize the very citizens they are to protect.
If indeed he broke the traffic law, where is it stipulated in Nigeria's constitution, that traffic law offenders should be treated in like manner?
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