Policemen torture student for demanding to know offence

A Mass Communication student of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Taiwo Rasaq, has lamented that some policemen attached to the Owutu Police Division tortured and detained him unlawfully.

Rasaq claimed that the only “crime” he committed was demanding to know the reason for his arrest.

 The victim, who was apprehended during a raid in the Agric area of Ikorodu, said he parted with N30,000 before he regained his freedom.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Rasaq was about to disembark from a tricycle when the policemen picked him up around 9.30pm on May 30.

He said the policemen arrested 30 others and whisked them away to the station, adding that he was slapped several times when he requested to know his offence.

He said, “On May 30, around 9.30pm, I was coming from Egbeda in a tricycle. As I was about alighting at Ori-Okuta, in the Agric area, some policemen from the Owutu division arrested me. They arrested many people including those that went to buy bread and garri for dinner.http://www.punchng.com/policemen-torture-student-demanding-know-offence/