Nigerian Policemen Allegedly Dump University Student In Front Of Hostel After Becoming Unconscious In Cell

Victim
September 7, 2022
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Speaking from his hospital bed, the victim, a student of the Performing Arts Department, stated that he was with two of his friends when they were approached by police officers who ordered them to enter their vehicle.

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Kwara State Command, have been accused of dumping a foreign student in the University of Ilorin, identified as Theophilus Blamoh, in front of his hotel around Total Filling Station, Tanke Oke Odo Area, Ilorin, after he got unconscious while in their custody.
Speaking from his hospital bed, the victim, a student of the Performing Arts Department, stated that he was with two of his friends when they were approached by police officers who ordered them to enter their vehicle.
According to him, the officers recognised one of the students and requested him to leave while instructing him and his friend to enter their vehicle. He claimed that the officers requested for their phones, which they handed over. 
He claimed that after the officers searched their phones and found nothing incriminating, they turned to his companion and asked him why he wasn't into "Yahoo Yahoo."
Blamoh further stated that he urged his friend not to answer the question, which irritated the officers, who then allegedly began punching him. He claimed that the officers drove them to the station, seized their phones, and then threw them in the cell. 
The young man claimed he felt unconscious inside the cell, at which point authorities dragged him out and dumped him at his hostel.
A Twitter user, named Sultan Bazz said in respect of the incident that, "The men of F Division police Ilorin arrested this boy earlier. We went to bail him and they told us to come back in the morning. While we we’re leaving they shot at us, Alhamdulilahi it didn’t meet any1 As if that wasn’t enough, @OkasanmiAjayi @Princemoye1 
"I just got a call. One of the guys that was arrested fainted and they dropped him on the road and zoomed off. I’m going to the hospital to know how far @Princemoye1 @OkasanmiAjayi 
#EndPoliceBrutality This is getting out of hand," he added. 
Alonge Samule, another user, also said, "The men of F Division police at Ilorin just shot at us because we were at the gate to bail some of our friends that were arrested from raiding(what they said) Is this right sir? @saadatbibire @bazeetajedenewb #endsarsilorin.” 
The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi while reacting to the allegations, said, "This is a grave allegation, it would be thoroughly investigated, and the needful would be done, address of hostel and the hospital needed to facilitate investigation please."

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