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  An Interior decorator, Dapo Oguntimehin has narrated how officers from the Orile Iganmu Police Station arrested him and others while relaxing outside their house.  According to the young man, he was arrested alongside four other men and they were all charged with ‘Dangerous hangout. He, however, said two of the men were allowed to go back into the house following the physical disability of one and the job status of the other.  Dapo added that while at the police station, he took photos of the deplorable condition of the cell and shared them on social media which attracted public outrage.  He said this earned him a transfer to another cell albeit at the Lagos Taskforce office, Oshodi after which he was released on bail. He also alleged that officers questioned him for sharing the photos on social media and not channelling the same energy to condemn the embezzlement by senior officers of funds meant for the welfare of members of the Nigeria Police Force. He also stat...

An autopsy report conducted on Omolola Ejioye Rotimi, a young man who died in police custody, has shown he died as a result of police brutality and harassment. Ejioye was arrested by officers of the Igbogbo police station over the death of a motorcyclist who died during clash involving commercial motorcyclists, also called okada riders in Ikorodu. He was allegedly tortured while in detention which reportedly led to his death.  The family of the deceased had, upon his death, accused the police of causing the death of the suspect. Also, in a Facebook post by Ikorodu Oga, the counsel for the family, Yakubu Eleto, said the deceased was unjustly arrested on May 2 while calling for an investigation into the death of Ejioye, including an autopsy. The police, in their reaction, refuted claims of torture saying Ejioye “ fell ill ” and died while in their custody. In the autopsy obtained, Ejioye died as a result of " smothering, asphyxia and blunt force trauma with cerebral oedema" . T...