Published 22nd Apr, 2022

By Abdullah Tijani

A Twitter user, who simply identified himself as Ridwan, has narrated how police officers from Bwari Police Station, in Bwari Area Council, Abuja, physically assaulted him, after protesting against ‘being touched’ by one of them.

In a series of tweets, Ridwan said the officers took him to their station on Thursday, after he demanded to know why one of them, who was not wearing a uniform, ‘touched’ him.

“I have been harassed by the Nigerian Police and been violated,” he wrote in his post.

“My new phone was damaged, I was beaten by more than ten police officers because a police officer who was not in uniform touched me and I asked him why. The next thing, he attacked me.”

I have been harrrased by the Nigerian police and been violated I’m not fine at all my new phone was damaged I was beaten by more than 10 police officers because a police officer who is not in uniform touched me and I asked him why the next thing he attacks me and we pic.twitter.com/jjh2tjNFx5
— RIDWAN IS NOW A BAD BOY (@RIDHUNDRED) April 21, 2022

As the assault continued, Ridwan said he was able to identify one of his assailants as Idris, a mobile police officer.

He also said the officers damaged his phone in the process.

“Justice is not served in the police stations,” he wrote. “They even threatened me with 14 years imprisonment for harassing the police officers when I was the one that was harassed.”

“The officer was the first to attack me but he said in the station that I attacked him.”

FIJ made several calls to Josephine Adeh, FCT Police Public Relations Officer, but she did not answer them. She had also not replied to an SMS sent to her at press time.

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