Lagos policemen shoot woman, brutalize husband for complaining
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have allegedly shot a fashion designer Rukayat Salami in the stomach at a checkpoint at Lucky Fibre, in the Ikorodu area of the state.
Rukayat is left hospitalized, with bullets removed from her body.
When her husband, Ibrahim, tried to complain, he was reportedly beaten by the policemen.
PUNCH Metro gathered that a tricycle operator had wanted to pass the checkpoint when an argument ensued between him and the cops over N100.
The matter reportedly degenerated as the policemen opened gunfire. In the ensuing melee, bullets hit 34-year-old Rukayat in the stomach.
Speaking on Thursday, the victim, who had been bedridden since the incident happened last Sunday, said her husband had driven past the roadblock when she was hit by bullets.
“I started shouting and alerted my husband. Immediately, he placed his hand around my stomach and observed that I was bleeding. He parked the vehicle, went to start arguing with the policemen. By the time he returned, he was bleeding in the head,” she added.
Ibrahim, a surveyor, said the policemen brutalized him for calling their attention to his wife’s condition.
He explained that the incident happened while they were returning from a visit to an in-law, adding that despite him and his wife bleeding profusely, the policemen abandoned them and drove away in a minibus.
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