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 Grieving Mrs. Toyin Adeyeye                                   Injured Mr. Adeniyi Dada

By Alo Abiola,

For refusing to give bribe at a checkpoint, men of Ekiti State police command have allegedly beaten up and detained a nursing mother identified  as Mrs. Toyin Adeyeye, her two months old baby, Heritage, and her younger brother, Adeniyi Dada.
Our correspondent learnt that they were arrested at the checkpoint in front of Ekiti Pavilion and beaten by about five policemen who later took them to the New Iyin Police station where the beating continued.
It wad gathered that  Adeyeye returned from the United States of America ten days earlier where she had gone to be delivered of the baby. She was seen breast feeding her baby on  Saturday morning when reporters visited the Police station on a fact-finding mission.
The black Kia Picanto car with registration number LAGOS FKJ 221 EE in which the trio were coming from the market was also impounded by the Police.

The woman’s husband, Mr. Akanni Adeyeye, who spoke with newsmen on the matter, decried the alleged brutality meted out to his wife with lacerations on her body and bruises on the face.
Adeyeye who slept in the police station in solidarity with his wife explained that his brother-in-law who drove the car presented  vehicle particulars and his driver’s licence  which are still valid to the police who requested for them.
He said one of the policemen withheld the documents demanding that they be “settled,” a euphemism for bribe which Mrs. Adeyeye and her brother refused on account that the vehicles papers are valid.
According to him: “My wife and her brother were returning from the market at about 3.00 pm on Friday and on arrival at the checkpoint in front of the Pavilion very close to their station, they asked for all vehicle papers and driver’s licence which were produced and they are valid.
“After checking all the documents, the policemen were demanding for money to be given as ‘settlement’ which my wife and her brother refused. My wife drew their attention to the baby that was crying in the car.
“Five of them were beating her at the point of arrest and on getting to the station, the beating continued. After thoroughly beating her, they obtained her statement around 10.00 pm. There are wounds on the back of my wife and face to show for it.
“On getting to the station, they now cooked up a story that my wife slapped one of them and tore his uniform which is a lie. They are telling this lie to justify their action of their cruelty to my wife, my baby and my brother-in-law.
“Neither my wife nor her brother slapped any policeman or tore any uniform. The question to be asked is  how would somebody who is not armed attacked an armed policeman? They are co I got up with this falsehood to cover up their brutality.”

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