A Nigerian lawyer, Timothy Olamide, has disclosed how an operative of the Lagos State Police Command allegedly beat him like a “condemned criminal” when he went to the police station in Ikeja on a case that had lasted a month.
Olamide stated that he received a “merciless beating” when he went to the station on behalf of his colleague.
He noted that while at the station, a police officer cautioned him that not all cases are handled by lawyers.
While narrating his ordeal via his X profile, @Timo_Olamide, on Wednesday [today], Olamide wrote, “Good morning @Lagos_PoliceCRU, @PoliceNG @BenHundeyin. I am Timothy Olamide Olaniyi, a lawyer from Lagos.
“I am contacting you in respect of the merciless beating I received from a police officer at the Lagos State Police Command in Ikeja this morning.
“I went there on behalf of my colleague to find out about a client who was arrested sometime last month, only for me to get there and was beaten like a condemned criminal.
“One of the officers told me that not all cases lawyers handle. I went there with all manner of respect and humility.”
In response, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, asked the lawyer to state the section of the Police Station in which the incident occurred, the name of the Police officer involved and also suggested that he (Olamide) could report the case directly to the state Police Complaint Response Unit.
Hundeyin wrote, “Which section? What’s the name of the police officer? Or simply come over to @Lagos_PoliceCRU. It’s in the same premises.”
One X user, @KingEsene, advised Olamide to lodge his complaint to a former Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos State Branch, who served from 2017-2019, Chukwuka Ikwuazom, SAN.
He wrote, “Please reach out to the learned silk immediately if you have not yet done so. @ChukaIkwuazom.”
On this, Olamide replied, “I have already done that through WhatsApp but he has not replied me yet sir.”
