Treasure Nduka, one of the #EndSARS protesters arrested in
Lagos, says she was beaten by more than 10 police officers and forced to take
off her bra in their presence.
Speaking with TheCable, she said the police officers at the
Ojuelegba station where she was arrested and detained, shot at protesters and
labelled her a criminal.
As the #EndSARS protests spread across the country, there
have been reports of security operatives clamping down on youths expressing
their displeasure over the growing rate of police brutality in the country.
“At first, it was empowering seeing that a couple of youths
were able to make that much impact and at a point, those that were stuck in
traffic joined us in the protest. They came down to sympathise with us. It was
really peaceful at the beginning. We didn’t know it was going to the extent of
police shooting at us,” Nduka said.
“When the shooting started, I refused to believe that they
were shooting. It sounded like a knockout. We heard the first one from afar and
we saw people running, but I insisted that we should take our stand. I was not
doing anything wrong, so I didn’t feel the need to run. All of a sudden, I saw
a bunch of policemen come out and then I realised that this is actually for
real.
“I did not know who to reach out. The only people who were
aware were brothers who had told me not to come out. I saw a policeman running
towards me. He dragged me and I was calling out for people to do something. A
bunch of other policemen assisted him in dragging me. I was helpless. It was me
against 10 0f them. They kept hitting me. I only tried to cover my face so that
I don’t get hit on the face. I could not place an identity on any of them
because it was all of them present at that point.
“They said I should pull off my bra. Then, I took off my
bra. Everything they did was so unconstitutional.”
Nduka and her colleagues were released after the intervention of Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives.
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