58-year-old farmer, Chris Onwubuke, has been allegedly compelled to part with N100,000 after he was wrongly arrested and detained by operatives of the Special Anti-robbery Squad, Lagos State Command.
It was learnt that the police unit was looking for one Chukwudi, popularly called Baba Ejima, for a fraud case involving him and one Israel, who had been arrested.
The detectives were said to have gone on a search for Baba Ejima at Likosi-Mosimi, in the Sagamu area of Ogun State at about 7.30am last Friday, tracking him with a phone number.
It was gathered that some vigilantes in the community led them to a mechanic shop, where the farmer, who bears Ejima as a middle name, was replacing one of the tyres of his car.
The victim said that the policemen accosted him after his phone rang, alleging that he was the suspect they were looking for.
He said, “The vigilantes said some people were looking for me. I said I didn’t do anything. Two SARS officials came in a vehicle; one wielding a gun and the other with tear gas and handcuffs. They drove me to their office and took my car along. I asked them my offence, but they didn’t tell me. They asked why my phone rang and I told them that it might be a mix-up.
“When we got to their office in Ikeja, they said I was involved in a robbery. I was shocked. They asked if I was Chukwudi – Baba Ejima – I said no. They asked if I had a brother with the name Chukwudi, but I said no. They also asked if I worked in Warf (Lagos), I said no. They later said Chukwudi duped somebody.
“There was a man that came to their office. I later knew his name as Israel. I have never met him before that day. The officers asked him if he knew me; he said no. Israel told me that he was arrested and spent almost one week in the custody.”
It was learnt that the police unit was looking for one Chukwudi, popularly called Baba Ejima, for a fraud case involving him and one Israel, who had been arrested.
The detectives were said to have gone on a search for Baba Ejima at Likosi-Mosimi, in the Sagamu area of Ogun State at about 7.30am last Friday, tracking him with a phone number.
It was gathered that some vigilantes in the community led them to a mechanic shop, where the farmer, who bears Ejima as a middle name, was replacing one of the tyres of his car.
The victim said that the policemen accosted him after his phone rang, alleging that he was the suspect they were looking for.
He said, “The vigilantes said some people were looking for me. I said I didn’t do anything. Two SARS officials came in a vehicle; one wielding a gun and the other with tear gas and handcuffs. They drove me to their office and took my car along. I asked them my offence, but they didn’t tell me. They asked why my phone rang and I told them that it might be a mix-up.
“When we got to their office in Ikeja, they said I was involved in a robbery. I was shocked. They asked if I was Chukwudi – Baba Ejima – I said no. They asked if I had a brother with the name Chukwudi, but I said no. They also asked if I worked in Warf (Lagos), I said no. They later said Chukwudi duped somebody.
“There was a man that came to their office. I later knew his name as Israel. I have never met him before that day. The officers asked him if he knew me; he said no. Israel told me that he was arrested and spent almost one week in the custody.”
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