Lagos Policewoman Assaults New Father Seeking Blood For Wife

A chartered accountant, Anu Hunwathan has alleged that a policewoman tore his cloths and assaulted him during an altercation at the Badagry Roundabout in the Badagry area of Lagos State.

The accountant claimed that the argument began between him and the security personnel after she demanded N100 bribe from a taxi driver on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

Hunwathan stated that his wife had just given birth and he was looking for blood when the taxi he boarded was stopped by the policewoman.

He claimed that she threatened to impound the vehicle if the driver refused to pay the bribe.

The University of Lagos graduate revealed to Punch that the police officer went berserk when he refused to come down from the vehicle and proceeded to tear his cloths while also threatening to deal with him.

He said, “My wife has been hospitalised since October 25. They did CS on her and it was successful by the grace of God. But I had to leave the hospital to get some things the doctor demanded. I spoke with the doctor in charge of the hospital laboratory and he told me that they had a shortage of blood.

“I was on the way to where I was supposed to get the blood when they called me to come back that they had just received some supplies in their blood bank and I did not need to get somewhere else.

“On my way back to the hospital, I boarded a taxi which had three other passengers with me inside. When we got to the Badagry Roundabout, we met three police officers there; they stopped the vehicle. A female officer approached us, and the man had no choice than to park in the middle of the road.

“The female officer, who is from the Badagry Police Division, asked everybody to come down, that the vehicle had been impounded. Others alighted from the vehicle, but I told her that I would not alight because I had something urgent to attend to.

“The police officers stated threatening and calling me different names, but I stood my ground. I told her I would not come down.”

He explained that when she continued to threaten him and the driver refused to pay the requested bribe he alighted from the vehicle and that was when she brought out her phone and took his pictures.

Hunwathan stated that when he tried to leave, she held him by the neck and tore his cloths.

He went on to reveal that extortion has being an issue for long in that junction and the driver had an issue with the police office before because he refused to pay the fee.

The victim demanded justice and called for the arrest and sanction of the officer.

When the aforementioned publication reached out to the Lagos Police Public Relations Office, Benjamin Hundeyin, he did not take his calls or respond to text messages.