*Lawyer petitions IGP, Demands Compensation
Some overzealous Policemen attached to the Doubeli police station in Jimeta, Adamawa State, have beaten a polytechnic graduate, Kabiru Ahmed, into a coma.
Kabiru, who is now on admission at Federal Medical Centre, Yola, has been unconscious since he was beaten on May 16. Sadly, the same policemen are threatening to deal with his family and friends.
According to The Nation, he has been at the mercy of good Samaritans.
But a lawyer, M.A. Attah, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, demanding justice for Kabiru.
The petition, dated June 17 reads: “Our client’s father informed us that on May 16, his son was in front of their Falluja home, at about 10am, when three men, (one of them later identiied as Inspector Mohammed Bello), arrived on Keke NAPEP and sought to arrest some young men for allegedly indulging in hard drugs.
“In a bid to curtail the commotion that ensued at the scene, our client, who is a member of the community vigilance group, inquired what the problem was and tried to explain to the officers that those arrested were responsible people, but he was arrested and detained.
“The next day, at about 1am, some persons believed to be policemen came to our client’s father’s home and shouted that he should come and receive his son.
“Afraid of the unknown, Mallam Ahmed refused to open the gate. When he later came out, they took Kabiru to Yola Specialist Hospital but he was referred him to the Federal Medical Centre.
“Our client has been in coma since then and unable to move any part of his body. His father was informed by the hospital management that he has a problem with his spinal cord and might not walk again, except if hurriedly operated upon.”
The petition added that Kabiru’s friends, six of them, were harassed and detained for raising the alarm on facebook.
“It is our further belief that as a result of the aforementioned incident, on June 13, policemen from Doubeli police station ambushed six of our client’s friends – Ahmed Vokna, Nibras Mamman, Muhammed Sulei, Abduraham Nasir, Moh’d Kabir, and Umar Baba Ahmed, on their way from the hospital. They were arrested for posting Kabiru’s pictures on facebook.
“Bail was denied them and they were forced to break their fast in the cell; it took important persons from the community to intervene before they were released on June 15, after having being cautioned and instructed to post a contrary statement on facebook and report to the station next day with proof of same.”
Attah asked Arase to probe the brutality meted to Kabiru Ahmed, even as he sought justice for him.
“We hereby demand the following on behalf of our client, within three days:
Some overzealous Policemen attached to the Doubeli police station in Jimeta, Adamawa State, have beaten a polytechnic graduate, Kabiru Ahmed, into a coma.
Kabiru, who is now on admission at Federal Medical Centre, Yola, has been unconscious since he was beaten on May 16. Sadly, the same policemen are threatening to deal with his family and friends.
According to The Nation, he has been at the mercy of good Samaritans.
But a lawyer, M.A. Attah, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, demanding justice for Kabiru.
The petition, dated June 17 reads: “Our client’s father informed us that on May 16, his son was in front of their Falluja home, at about 10am, when three men, (one of them later identiied as Inspector Mohammed Bello), arrived on Keke NAPEP and sought to arrest some young men for allegedly indulging in hard drugs.
“In a bid to curtail the commotion that ensued at the scene, our client, who is a member of the community vigilance group, inquired what the problem was and tried to explain to the officers that those arrested were responsible people, but he was arrested and detained.
“The next day, at about 1am, some persons believed to be policemen came to our client’s father’s home and shouted that he should come and receive his son.
“Afraid of the unknown, Mallam Ahmed refused to open the gate. When he later came out, they took Kabiru to Yola Specialist Hospital but he was referred him to the Federal Medical Centre.
“Our client has been in coma since then and unable to move any part of his body. His father was informed by the hospital management that he has a problem with his spinal cord and might not walk again, except if hurriedly operated upon.”
The petition added that Kabiru’s friends, six of them, were harassed and detained for raising the alarm on facebook.
“It is our further belief that as a result of the aforementioned incident, on June 13, policemen from Doubeli police station ambushed six of our client’s friends – Ahmed Vokna, Nibras Mamman, Muhammed Sulei, Abduraham Nasir, Moh’d Kabir, and Umar Baba Ahmed, on their way from the hospital. They were arrested for posting Kabiru’s pictures on facebook.
“Bail was denied them and they were forced to break their fast in the cell; it took important persons from the community to intervene before they were released on June 15, after having being cautioned and instructed to post a contrary statement on facebook and report to the station next day with proof of same.”
Attah asked Arase to probe the brutality meted to Kabiru Ahmed, even as he sought justice for him.
“We hereby demand the following on behalf of our client, within three days:
- Arranged proper and adequate medical treatment, whether within or outside the country;
- Payment of damages in the like sum of N50 million;
- to cause an investigation into the incident and bring culprits to justice.”
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