Timothy Olamide, a Lagos-based lawyer, has lamented how he was beaten mercilessly like a condemned criminal by some police officers at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja, the state capital.
Olamide, who took to his X handle to narrate his ordeal, said that he had gone to the police command on Wednesday morning on behalf of his colleague to find out about a client who was arrested sometime in February but only to be beaten up and warned that not all cases could be handled by lawyers.
Calling on the police authorities to look into the matter, Olamide said he went to the police command with all manner of respect and humility.
He 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 but 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.”
Reacting to the lawyer’s complaint, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, asked which section of the command the incident happened and the name of the police officer involved.
Directing Olamide to report at the Complaint Response Unit of the command, the police spokesperson wrote, “Which section? What’s the name of the police officer? Or simply come over to @Lagos_PoliceCRU. It’s in the same premises.”
