Ahmed Saidu, a student at the Nasarawa State Polytechnic in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has detailed how police officers from A Division Area Command in the state brutalised him and two other people.

Saidu told FIJ that he and two of his friends – one was a corps member in uniform – went to withdraw money at an ATM stand close to the college gate on March 9 when they encountered the police.

He stated that while they stood close to the ATM stand, some officers rushed there and arrested one of them because his hair was dyed.

He explained that the corps member among them only asked the police officers what their friend did wrong, but they beat him up.

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“They started beating the corps member for asking them questions. They even destroyed the iPhone X he bought the previous day. When they were done, they took the person they had arrested to their station. We then left for home,” Saidu told FIJ.

Saidu said on getting home, the corps member’s father asked them to go to the police station to find out what had happened. He said a friend opted to follow them as the corps member refused to go along with them due to how the police had beaten him.

“On getting there, the police said we pelted them with stones. They even showed the corps member’s father some stones, saying we hurled many at them,” he said.

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Saidu said some other police officers stationed at the gate of the station wanted to arrest the friend who followed them. He said he took out his phone to record how the officer harassed his friends, but it infuriated them.

“One officer came and dragged both of us inside the station. Our father figure was inside then. They started beating us. They beat me so much that my eyes got damaged; blood gushed out of my ears. Due to the beating, I will continue to see an optician for some time,” he explained.

He said after the officers had beaten him to their satisfaction, they asked him to delete the videos he had taken if they must let him go.

FIJ contacted Ramhan Nansel, Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, but he did not answer his calls. He had also not responded to a text message sent to his phone at press time.