Kept inside their Boot. Gov Ambode’s convoy rescues man from Airforce torture

Kept inside their Boot. Gov Ambode’s convoy rescues man from Airforce
torture.
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The convoy of the Lagos State Governor, Mr.
Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday apprehended two
Airforce cadets in Mile 12 area of the State while
dehumanizing an artisan, Dahiru Lawal for allegedly
breaking the windscreen of a Chrysler Stratus car
with registration number KRD 267 DV.
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The cadets – Peters O. Solomon and Abdullahi Fahad,
who claimed to be Airforce personnel attached to the
Airforce Base in Ikeja, had forced Lawal in the boot
of their car after dragging him on the ground for the
said offence.
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Governor Ambode, who was returning from an
inspection visit to Agbowa in Ikorodu, saw the
situation and swiftly intervened to save Lawal who
was gasping for breath.
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The Governor wondered how such inhuman
treatment could be meted to a fellow citizen just for
slightly breaking the windscreen of a car.
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When questioned by journalists, the cadets admitted
putting Lawal in the boot of their car.
According to them, Lawal tried to escape after
breaking the windscreen and ran into the nearby
market where they eventually chased and
apprehended him.
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Peters said: “What happened is that the boy broke
the windscreen in front of my car. When I stopped, I asked him to come, the boy ran away. We have to
drag him back and put him in the boot.”
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“I kind of threatened his boss that he is working with
and when his boss came and looked at what he did to
me, that was when I put him inside the boot for the
remaining ones to go and call the boss. Not that I locked the boot, I only put him inside the boot, but I did not lock the boot,” he said.
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Also Abdullahi said himself and Peters were along
Mile 12 after visiting a friend when they heard a
knack on their windscreen and they saw Lawal
attempting to escape.
“We now run inside the market and dragged him
(Lawal) down. I was even asking who he is working
with because I want to see his Oga since I know he
cannot repair my damaged windscreen. I want to see
the man he is working with so that we can settle
everything with him. I now told my colleague that we
should hand him over to Airforce police at the
Airforce Base,” Abdullahi said.
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While narrating his ordeal in the hands of the cadets,
Lawal who hails from Kaduna State, said he
mistakenly damaged the windscreen with the load he
carried, and that he took to his heels because he was
afraid of what they might do to him.
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He said: “I ran into the market and they pursued me
and caught me inside the market. They started
beating me and dragged me to their car.”
“I ran because I was afraid of what the cadets might
do to me, while my boss and people around begged
on my behalf, but their pleas fell on deaf ears.”
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“The police also came to plead with them to open the
boot but they insisted on taking me away and it was
at that point that the convoy of the Governor arrived
to rescue me from the boot of the car where they
kept me,” Lawal said.
He added that he lost his cell phone and the sum of
N5, 000 which he was having on him at the point that
he was being dragged on the floor.
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The Governor had since ordered that the suspects be
handed over to the police for further investigation and possible prosecution