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Lagos: Police Officer Tortures UNILAG Student To Coma Over Number Plate

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A policeman in Mosafejo, Oshodi area of Lagos State has been accused of torturing a student of the University of Lagos, John Akinwale, till he landed in the hospital.

According to SaharaReporters, the police officers attached to the Mosafejo division, arrested Akinwale on Monday around 2 pm, after he bought fuel at a filling station.

A further report revealed that the operatives extorted N5000 from Akinwale before dragging him to a police station.

A witness who spoke on the incident noted that the Unilag student was arrested for having a “covered number plate.”

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The source added that after extorting the student, the policemen beat Akinwale to come for being ‘rude’ after which he was rushed to a hospital.

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A source said, “John came out from the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority office and drove into a filling station. The policemen rushed at him just as he was about to leave the station.”

“They collected N5000 from him and they dragged him to a police station. He collapsed in police custody after being beaten up by the officer. He was arrested for covering his number plate. He was held for hours for being rude to the Divisional Police Officer of the Mosafejo division in Oshodi.”

“It was when he became unconscious that he was rushed to a hospital. It is now that he is regaining consciousness that he confirmed that he was hit by objects by the policemen.”

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“I saw him use medication for Typhoid earlier that morning. We first thought it was the medication that reacted in his body. But the doctor at the hospital confirmed that it was not the drugs but that he was hit with an object.”

“When he regained consciousness, he stated the same thing that the policemen beat him up,” another source said.