Obasempire reports that the Lagos State Police Command has announced that it is currently not detaining anyone for taking part in the ongoing demonstration against difficulties in the state.
The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, mentioned this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos, indicating that no demonstrator is in their custody.
“All protesters arrested on Thursday were released same Thursday.
“The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Adegoke Fayoade, called the State CID to order for their release,” he said.
One of those leading the protests, Inibehe Effiong, had told the gathering at Gani Fawehinmi Park that no fewer than 12 protesters were arrested on Thursday.
Effiong, however, later corroborated the police spokesperson’s claim that all those arrested had been released.
He commended the police and other security agents for their professional handling of the protest in the state.
The #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters on Friday gathered in front of Park in Ojota for the second day.
Obasempire reports that the Lagos State Police Command has rescued a two-month-old infant from a couple named Mr. and Mrs. James Uwam during the child’s naming ceremony.
According to a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, the couple paid ₦2,350,000 to acquire the baby from a suspected child trafficker, Loretta Nelson, who had purchased the infant from a pastor, Peter Udoh, for ₦1,450,000.
Hundeyin revealed that Udoh had bought the baby for ₦500,000 from another suspected trafficker, Gloria Sunday, who allegedly abducted the child on July 11, 2024, prompting the baby’s mother to report the incident to the police.
Following the report, Hundeyin said the police acted swiftly, arresting Sunday, who then led them to apprehend other suspects involved in the crime, with the help of detectives from the Oko Oba Division.
“Pastor Udoh, who was subsequently arrested in Ikene Town, Ogun State, admitted reselling the child for N1,450,000 to one Loretta Nelson who was then also apprehended in Festac Town, Lagos.”
Hundeyin said Nelson confessed to selling the baby for ₦2,350,000 to the James Uwam couple, who were apprehended during the naming ceremony of the stolen child.
Hundeyin noted that investigations have commenced, and the suspects will be arraigned at the court after the investigation.
Obasempire reports that a Nigerian DJ, known as The Turnup Maestro and identified as #_djtrendy on X, has shared his harrowing experience of being taken to the Kirikiri Custodial Centre in Lagos State.
Sharing his story via his X handle on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, the DJ recounted that his troubles began on Sunday, July 7, 2024, when officers from the Lagos State Police Command stationed at the Olosan Police Station showed up at the nightclub where he works.
He explained that upon their arrival, the security personnel cleared out the patrons from the nightclub and confiscated his laptop.
According to him, two days later, the club’s manager and the wife of the club’s proprietor (names unspecified) visited the police station to reclaim the laptop. The manager then contacted him, informing that his presence was required at the station for the laptop’s release.
“Immediately I got to the station, the DPO called one of his officers to take me in and take my statement. That’s how I got to the IPO’s office, then he started telling me that I’m a cultist, that I was playing for cultists, and that when they came to the said lounge, they saw people smoking and all.
“He then proceeded to give me a sheet of paper to write everything I knew.
“Well, I wrote how everything happened. A few minutes later, my lounge manager came in too, that’s how they said I’m done with mine and they told the manager to write his own too. I was behind the counter at this point helpless,” the tweets added.
The disc jockey stated that he and the manager “were detained” and put in a cell at the station on Tuesday as they remained incommunicado.
The following day, Wednesday, July 10, they were released and ordered to remain behind the counter.
However, in a turn of events, they were later put in handcuffs and taken to a Magistrate Court in the Ogba area of the state.
The tweets read further, “They put us in a cell that Tuesday. We couldn’t reach out to anyone, we were not even allowed to make contact with the lounge owner’s wife. Fast forward to the second day, July 10, we were released and the IPO told us to sit at the back of the counter.
“A few minutes later, he called us into his office and handcuffed us, then told us to go into the minivan parked in the police compound. They started driving and we were continuously asking where he was taking us. He didn’t answer. That’s how we got to the Magistrate Court at Ogba.
“Handcuffed, we were able to whisper our lounge owner’s number to one of the lawyers that was around us. We were helpless. We only went to the police station to collect the laptop but instead, they peddled us like criminals. So the lawyer was able to call our lounge owner and he came in with the lawyer just a few minutes before our case was called.”
The DJ claimed that the policemen had “written false allegations” against them but the presiding judge (name unknown) granted them bail.
Afterwards, they were taken to the Kirikiri Correctional Facility before their release two days later.
He wrote, “They had already written false allegations against us. All of the allegations they wrote were completely false. So the judge made her judgment. We were placed on bail but our lounge owner couldn’t perfect the bail that day.
“That’s how were were taken to the Kirikiri Prison on that day, July 10, 2024. We spent two days at Kirikiri correctional facility and we were released on Friday, July 12 after he perfected the bail. My laptop is still at the Olosan Police Station.
“I have always lived my life fight-free, crime-free. I have never broken a law before. The police that was supposed to protect me lied against me. I am very traumatised.”
In another follow-up tweet, the disc jockey wrote, “I have been crying for days. No one deserves to be going through something like this. I didn’t do anything wrong. I am a law-abiding citizen. I don’t deserve this pain they caused me.”
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, did not respond to phone calls nor text messages sent to his mobile number when filing this report.
