A young man, Thompson Ntiedo residing in Lagos was yesterday June 23rd
arrested by police officers attached to the Okota Police Station for
taking photos of a police man collecting bribe from a motorist in the
Okota area in Lagos.According to Expdonaloaded blog,
Thompson was detained for three hours, released on bail at about 9pm
with his two phones confiscated after he was forced to delete all the
pictures he took. Narrating his ordeal, Thompson said:"I was in a commercial bus when we got to the area and one of the
policemen on the road was demanding that our driver bribe him. I brought
out my phone and captured him and they saw me. They dragged me out of
the bus and seized the phone I used to take the pictures. They said I
was under arrest but I begged that they should delete the pictures and
release me but they refused. The next thing, they called the station and
a patrol van appeared and they demanded that I enter because the DPO
wants to see me.post by expdonaloaded.blogspot.com..When we got there, they didn’t take me to meet the DPO neither did they
release me. I was there from 6pm to 9pm. Afterwards, they asked me to go
home and report back by 9am the following day ( Wednesday ). But before
I was released, I had to call one of my brothers with my second phone
to come and bail me. Meanwhile, before I left that night, they also
seized the second phone from me and I went home without any of my
phones. I got there Wednesday by 9am and waited till 2:40pm before my
second phone was released. This was after the human rights officer
intervened in my case and asked them to let me go. Even at that, the
policeman handling my case went to Ikeja to submit my report and so I
had to wait till he got back for my phones to be released.”he said
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