Mobile Policemen Brutalised Nurse, As NANNM Calls For Justice

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA

Aftermath of the clarion calls for an end to police brutality across the country, two mobile policemen attached to a private company in Ogun State have brutalised a nurse working with the company.

The victim, Owolabi Taiwo Peter, a male nurse who is the clinic manager in a private company under construction in Ogere area of the state was allegedly brutalised for giving medical advise to one of his assailants.

However, the National Association of Nigerian  Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Ogun State chapter is seeking justice over the brutality of one Peter, one of their members by the policemen from the state police command.

It was reported that one of the policemen had visited the clinic, requesting for drug to cure typhoid, but Owolabi refused to grant the officer’s request, insisting  that the police must first undergo clinical check-up to know the nature of his illness before prescribing drugs for him.

While narrating his ordeal, Owolabi noted that despite attending to the police officer in a professional manner, advising him not to just assume that he had typhoid, he still walked away angrily, concluding that he refused to attend to him.

Furthermore, Owolabi explained that after some minutes, he saw the uniform man coming with his colleague, pointing at him while they have a silent conversation .

He said when the two policemen returned to the clinic, they descended on him, hit him with their guns and beat him mercilessly, an attack that left him with various degree of injuries. 

He stressed that it took the intervention of another policeman in the area to rescue him from the angry officers.

His words: “A Mopol came to the clinic and requested for drug to cure typhoid but I turned down his request, telling him I couldn’t give him any drugs until I carry out lab test to know what’s wrong with him.

“I asked him to tell me how he was feeling and the symptoms he felt so as to treat him symptomatically. But he quizzed, saying don’t I see on his face that he had typhoid.

“But I told him I cannot know until I carry our test. The man left, as I thought everything has been settled. He came back after some minutes with another police. I saw both of them coming in an aggressive manner.

“As they came in they started beating me, they kicked and gave me punch. As I was shouting another Mopol came from nowhere and rescued me them.

The NANNM Chairperson,  Comrade Olufunmilayo Solarin condemned  the action, insisting that police brutality must end.

“The action is uncalled for even now that everybody is talking about #EndSARS. Police must learn how to be humane. Police brutality must end. They must  learn how to relate with people. Police brutality is becoming too common these days. It’s high time police do something  to stop this brutality. What we want is justice,” Solarin said.