A Nigerian lawyer, Timothy Olamide, has disclosed how an operative of the Lagos State Police Command allegedly beat him like a “condemned criminal” when he went to the police station in Ikeja on a case that had lasted a month.
Olamide stated that he received a “merciless beating” when he went to the station on behalf of his colleague.
He noted that while at the station, a police officer cautioned him that not all cases are handled by lawyers.
Thank you so much for your prompt response and decisive action.
I am extremely grateful.I will be at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, this morning to identify the culprit officer, sir. https://t.co/W2fDXI8Qd8
— Timothy Olamide (@Timo_Olamide) March 7, 2024
While narrating his ordeal via his X profile, @Timo_Olamide, on Wednesday, Olamide wrote, “Good morning @Lagos_PoliceCRU, @PoliceNG @BenHundeyin. I am Timothy Olamide Olaniyi, a lawyer from Lagos.
“I am contacting you in respect of the merciless beating I received from a police officer at the Lagos State Police Command in Ikeja this morning.
“I went there on behalf of my colleague to find out about a client who was arrested sometimes last month but only for me to get there and was beaten like a condemned criminal. One of the officers told me that not all cases lawyers handle. I went there with all manner of respect and humility.”
In response, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, asked the lawyer to state the section of the police station in which the incident occurred, the name of the police officer involved and also suggested that he (Olamide) could report the case directly to the state police Complaint Response Unit.
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Nigeria: ‘I was beaten like a criminal,’ lawyer laments ordeal at Lagos police station
