{"id":23595,"date":"2014-02-28T17:07:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T16:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=23595"},"modified":"2014-02-28T17:07:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T16:07:33","slug":"cops-torture-driver-handcuff-him-over-alleged-disrespect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/cops-torture-driver-handcuff-him-over-alleged-disrespect\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops Torture Driver, Handcuff Him Over Alleged Disrespect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"messagecontent\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"messagebody\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">A cab driver operating on Falomo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State, has said a Deputy Superintendent of Police, identified simply as Okon, assaulted and chained him to a rail for allegedly disrespecting him.<\/p>\n<p>The cab driver, who identified himself as Obinna, claimed he was tied to a rail that was used to guard a pumping machine in the Falomo Police Hospital for over one hour and pummelled by another policeman on Okon\u2019s instruction.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the torture left him hospitalised.<\/p>\n<p>Obinna, who has been discharged from the hospital, told our correspondent on Thursday that it took the intervention of an unidentified superior police officer for him to be released.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cOn Tuesday, I had just got diesel from a fuel station. I was about reversing my car to join the main road when DSP Okon, who was standing with another officer in mufti, asked me to stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said I should give him my key, but I refused. He then asked the man to enter my car and ordered that I follow him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him I wanted to know what I did wrong and would not release my car key to him. He asked why I parked in a place not designated for us, but I told him I didn\u2019t park in the wrong place, but trying to reverse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe dragged me into the police hospital. I was seriously beaten up. I was chained to the machine rail, while the man in mufti kicked me. I was told that I disrespected the rank of the man by not giving him my key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the cop vowed to dump him in the Ikoyi Prison, adding that as he was preparing the necessary papers for his detention, the superior police officer saw him where he was chained, and queried Okon.<\/p>\n<p>He was said to have been released by the officer after it was discovered that he had not committed any offence.<\/p>\n<p>The Anambra State indigene said after he was released from the hospital on the second day, Okon still came after him and deflated his car tyres.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cab driver operating on Falomo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State, has said a Deputy Superintendent of Police, identified simply as Okon, assaulted and chained him to a rail for allegedly&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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