Chioma Ajunwa
The
Divisional Police Officer of the Ogudu Police Division, Lagos State,
Chioma Ajunwa, on Monday attacked vendors selling The PUNCH and other newspapers in the Ogudu-Ojota area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Ajunwa confiscated the newspapers and ordered that the men stop displaying the papers.
It was learnt that the DPO, an Olympic Gold medalist, was reacting to an earlier report by The PUNCH on the seizure of some newspapers last week and the demand for a N5,000 bail for the vendor arrested.
PUNCH Metro had reported on Friday that Ajunwa seized newspapers displayed at a junction on the Ogudu-Ojota Road.
She was also reported to have arrested one of the vendors, Idongesit Obot, who slept behind the counter till the following day.
The sum of N5,000 was allegedly demanded
for Obot’s bail, but N1,500 was said to have been paid after much
persuasion with the Investigating Police Officer.
A vendor, Aniekan Jackson, said Ajunwa was angry at the report and swooped on the vendors in the area on Monday.
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