A lady, identified simply as Esther, has narrated how she
spent three years in Surulere Police Division and Panti Police Station for an
offence she knew nothing about.
She explained that she was locked up in prison as a
17-year-old girl.
According to her, she was arrested and framed for robbery by
the policemen.
Recounting her ordeal in a short video shared by Folu
Adeboye, the wife of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God, Esther said she was sent on an errand when the incident happened in 2010.
She noted that the policemen arrested everyone in the
compound, including herself – who was only waiting to purchase dye for her
mother.
The victim lamented that she was tortured until she
unwillingly confessed to participating in the robbery.
She narrated, “My mother sent me an errand. She has a
provision shop. So, she sent me on an errand to help her get things she sells
in the shop. Outside the compound (where I went to get the items), there was a
van there. there were other people in the van. They just pushed us inside,
without answering our question on what happened.
“Then, my parents were looking for me. They went to where I
went to get dye, and they told them what happened. Then, they came to Surulere
police station. As time went by, they were asking for some amount of money from
my parents.
“My parents being the church-type didn’t want to pay. They
said they were very sure that I did not know anything about it. So, they
insisted that they won’t pay any money.”
Esther added that she was later tortured with an electric
shock and stripped naked by the policemen.
Narrating her excruciating experience, Esther noted that she
was tied and could not stand at a point.
The 26-year-old victim added, “From Surulere police station,
they took us to Panti State CID. Immediately we got there, they took us to a
staff room. They told my parents to wait outside that they just wanted to ask
me some questions. They took me to another room inside that staff room – an
open floor – and they asked me to undress. I refused because I don’t know why.
I was tortured with an electric shock. When I woke up, I found myself naked in
front of policemen; and they started torturing me again.
“I was tied with my hands and leg at the back together. They
just wanted me to say that yes I did it. But of course, I didn’t do anything. I
was just 17-year-old and I was not ready to say I did it.
“The torture was too much that I couldn’t stand anymore and
I had to agree that yes I did it because that was the only way that they said
they would stop torturing me.”
Esther said her case was later to a high court in 2013 when
the Social Action team intervened.
“The Social Action team came in because I have been in
prison for three years and my file was dumped in court that was not sitting; so
they helped to transfer it to a sitting court.
“They were actually paying my lawyer to hasten up the case.
Because it was hastened, it led to me being discharged and acquitted,” she
added.
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