Policemen torture woman,stripped her naked over stolen iPad....SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that a trader in the Balogun Market, Lagos
State, Karamat Eleha, has accused four policemen attached to the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Command, of torturing her for
allegedly stealing an iPad.
The device was said to be the property of a woman in the Ajah area of
the state, who was robbed in May, 2015.
The policemen, led by one Abiola (aka Abbey), had, while searching for
the iPad, reportedly stormed a two-storey building in Idumagbo, Lagos
Island, where Eleha lives with her mother. It was learnt that she was
not at home when the search commenced.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the team searched residents'
apartments, but did not find the item.
As their mission continued, Eleha, who was said to have gone for the
fellowship in the neighbourhood, arrived home and was asked about the
iPad.
Eleha said, "Around 10.20pm on May 14, I just returned home from a
fellowship when the policemen asked me about a missing iPad and I told
them I knew nothing about it. They checked my bag, but nothing was
found there."
According to Eleha, the cops insisted that they were getting signals
from a tracker, adding that the device was within the compound.
Firstclass newsline gathered that when the cops insisted on checking
an office in the same compound where Eleha's house is located, the
cops could not gain entry because the door was locked.
Eleha said she went to collect the keys to the office from a pastor
who owns the office. The victim said she went to a nearby street, Ojo
Giwa Street, to collect the keys.
"On getting back, they said their tracker showed that the iPad was
around the streets I passed through to the pastor's house," she said.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the officials subsequently whisked
away the 29-year-old woman to the command headquarters, where she was
reportedly stripped naked and tortured.
She said, "They took me to a room which they called 'theatre'. They
stripped me naked and tortured me for hours. When the pain became
unbearable, it occurred to me that I saw a neighbour, Mr. Goriola
(Baba Ibeji), giving an iPad to his wife while I was going out in the
morning on the fateful day. I told them and they went to arrest the
wife that same night. The following day, Baba Ibeji was arrested.
"When they realised that I was bleeding, they took me to a nurse, who
charged them N3,000. They later gave the nurse N1,000 to treat me."
Firstclass newsline learnt that Eleha was released two days later on
May 16 after a resident sent a text message to the Commissioner of
Police, Kayode Aderanti.
The resident, who did not want his name in print, described the action
of the police as appalling.
He said, "They stormed our compound like night marauders. They said
they were from SARS. They were led by one Abiola, popularly called
Abbey. They said they were looking for an iPad and that a tracker
indicated it was within our building. They wanted to break into the
office downstairs, but I cautioned them to wait till daybreak for the
occupants to come. We were on it when Eleha returned from the
fellowship.
"I told Karamat to go and get the key from the occupant. When she came
back, they said the tracker had suddenly indicated the iPad was no
longer within the building; that it was going towards Princess and
Alkatama streets, where Karamat passed through to collect the key.
Even after Baba Ibeji was arrested, they refused to release her. That
was why I sent a text message to the commissioner."
Eleha's mother, Islamiyat, said a former Officer in charge of SARS,
Abba Kyari, was shocked when he saw the legs of her daugher and
ordered that she be released immediately.
She said, "Her legs were fractured. That Saturday, it was an officer
called Abba Kyari, who ordered them (the cops) to release her
immediately. He shouted when he saw the wounds. From there, we took
her to a clinic in our area and she was given injections and drugs.
When her condition did not improve, we went to the Lagos Island Health
Centre. On June 2, I took her to a 'bone centre' but I could only
afford the bill for treating her left leg.
"I want her to be treated by the police."
The Lagos State Police spokesperson, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, however,
exonerated the cops from the act. He added that she was only invited
to the station for interrogation.
He said, "An iPad was stolen and was traced to her compound. It was
observed that the iPad was on the streets she (Eleha) passed through
and she was invited to the station.
"There was no issue of torture. I don't know what torture she is talking about."
Firstclassnewsline.net