The Assault and Detention of Mr. Temitayo Igunnu by Men of the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force.
We received with shock the news of the brutal and outrageous treatment meted on a member of the Branch, Mr. Temitayo Igunnu by men of the Nigerian Army in the early hours of yesterday. Our understanding from the information provided by Mr Igunnu himself was that the side mirror of his car was broken by a Naval officer who was driving a commercial bus around Bonny Camp. Rather than address the grievance of Mr. Igunnu, the said Naval officer resorted to threats of force with the aim of cowering him.
In response to an altercation which ensued apparently from the intransigence of the Naval officer, Soldiers attached to the Bonny Camp Cantonment drifted from their professional calling and rules of engagement and constituted themselves as thugs and assaulted Mr. Igunnu, inflicting grievous bodily injuries on him. Mr. Igunnu was thereafter detained for hours without medical attention by the Soldiers. He was later moved to the Bar Beach Police Station and further detained until the intervention of the NBA Lagos Branch Secretary and other members of the Branch who secured his release.
We condemn in the strongest terms this unlawful and outrageous treatment on Mr. Igunnu by men of the Nigerian Army. It is regrettable that men of the Nigerian Army will abandon their honour and statutory line of duty to engage in infamous and ignoble conducts. It is an inexplicable irony and collective embarrassment to Nigerians that the Army which has a statutory mandate of securing the territorial integrity of Nigeria is fast becoming a major threat to the security of innocent Nigerians. The brazen attack of Mr. Igunnu is impunity taken too far and we will respond appropriately as a Branch. The Branch, under my leadership will not tolerate any form of dehumanizing treatment on its members by security agents and I want to assure Mr. Igunnu that the Branch will offer the necessary support to seek redress and bring the perpetrators of this attack to account.
Yemi Akangbe
Chairman NBA, Lagos
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