In recent days, the police force has proven that it is a menace to the society. Apparently, these lot that are supposed to protect its citizens, chose instead to turn them into their victims of abduction, sexual abuse and financial extortion.

Stephanie Omale was one of such victims recently. The young woman shared her unfortunate ordeal with the men in black on what was supposed to be a fun night out.

Although Stephanie was eventually let out together with other hostages, that is not to say the menace would end.

To corroborate her encounter, another victim has describes her version of the ugly events of that same night.

Read below;

I hope this mail meets you well and it would be appreciated that you PLEASE help put this incident out there for “justice” of we upstanding citizens of Nigeria, living in Lagos.

I am a chartered accountant by profession. I was out last night with friends and colleagues at “Maroccaine restaurant “‎ in Akin Ogunlewe, off Ayorinde, VI. Due to it being a Friday, we all decided to stay a bit later than usual and at about 1am i.e 3rd September, I decided to go to my car and change into a pair of comfortable slippers.

I had just done that and was in front of my car, about to cross into the restaurant when I was apprehended by two men. My immediate reaction was fear of kidnappers because of the way I was grabbed.

Security men and friends tried to stop and intervene when all of a sudden, other men in police uniforms came and started beating them, the police/the task force told the guys that if they should try again, they would shoot these men and would label them as armed robbers.

I struggled and pulled up a fight so as not to be grabbed. While I was struggling, I was beaten, dragged on the road and put into a van that read: “Lagos State Task Force”. While I was struggling, another two men joined in and one of them out his hands in my “private part” twice.

I was in such shock and was bundled like a criminal into a “black Maria ” truck. I saw lots of women and some men in this truck. I was so scared and asked what was going on. Nobody had an answer. They were all picked randomly from: The Place at Ikeja; The Place in Lekki1; Sip on Akin Adesola; Eko Hotel where suya is being sold…

Shots were equally fired at The Place in Lekki 1, when resistance was met. We were all scared and confused.

We then were driven to The Task Force Office in Alausa, where we were forced down, and taken into an area. We then demanded for what was going on and the next thing we knew, these police officers called us “PROSTITUTES”. We started saying no way because there were bankers, Nurses, NYSC members, a pregnant woman and more professional upstanding citizens.

We were then locked in a cell without light, ventilation and filled with urine. We were told why should we be out by 1am and not in our homes. We argued there was no law prohibiting anyone from being out if there is no sanctioned curfew. I kept telling them that I had been molested and the policemen told me to not say it and equally told me that am I the first person to be touched?

I kept insisting that I would not be silent. A lady’s bra was torn in the process of picking her and her fiance who were out celebrating his birthday. We were all physically manhandled.
Luckily for me, because I knew someone at the upper echelon, I was released by 6.45am. My uncle was asked to fill a form without paying bail. I called the person whom we knew to inform him that other innocent people where still being held against their will.

These ladies and some men were later released at about 10am, after being ordered to pay 10k per person for bail.‎ These task force group collected the money.

PLEASE we need you to put this out there as the new kidnappers are “The Police”, who take innocent citizens. Please put this out on your blog, please let it gain recognition. Please don’t let these people/so-called police get away with this. PLEASE help us out and expose these devious and callous acts against our human rights and person!‎ The trauma is too much, I have cuts and bruises over my body. I can’t even sleep, it keeps replaying over and over. It’s like a nightmare that wouldn’t stop.

Thank you very much and God bless you.