A victim of police brutality, Kamol Ganiu, told the Ogun state judicial panel of investigation how “unknown” police officers shot him in the leg and
A victim of police brutality, Kamol Ganiu, told the Ogun state judicial panel of investigation how “unknown” police officers shot him in the leg and crippled him. Ganiu alleged that the Divisional Police Officer of the Ibara Division refused to produce the officer that fired the shot and also prevented hospital from treating him. The victim said he was shot in the leg by unknown police officers of the state police command attached to the Ibara division on July 17, 2018.
While narrating how the incident happened, Ganiu said after being shot, his mother and brother were detained by a former DPO of Ibara, Bolaji Oluwasegun
He said he was hit by the police a stray bullet while he was driving at 3am around Ibara area of the state. Ganiu said, “When I was hit by the bullet, I managed to drive to the hospital for treatment where my mother and my brother were told that they would not treat me without a police report.
“My brother and mother went to Ibara police station to obtain the report but they were detained by the police instead. My car was also seized and later released to my family on July 31, 2018 after paying N50,000. They accused me of being an armed robber but after several hours of persuasion, they gave them the report, but by the time they got to the hospital my condition had worsened.
“After the incident, I spent one year and two months on the hospital bed. I lost everything during the period. Early this year, the police from the command headquarters offered my family N250,000 as a fee to forget about the case but my family rejected it.”
The chairman of the panel adjourned the matter till Monday for further hearing.
