According to Punch, the power-drunk police officer who tortured a couple in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, Dada Ogunsanya, has been freed by the police.
However, one of the victims of the torture, Ejeh Smith, is currently being detained in the Ikoyi Police Division.
Punch Metro gathered on Wednesday that the police at the Ikoyi division were mounting pressure on him to admit that he was a criminal.
He was initially arrested by the Lion Building Police Division for allegedly receiving stolen diesel. The Ikoyi division heard about the case after Ejeh had been granted bail, but nevertheless rearrested and brought him before some selected journalists.
The action, it was learnt, was targeted at rubbishing earlier reports indicting Ogunsanya and the then Ikoyi Divisional Police Officer, Aisha Haruna.
Grace said, “After we paid N15, 000 for Smith’s bail in the Lion Building division, the police said he should be taken to the Ikoyi Police Division, that the owner of the case wanted it transferred there.
“The lawyer representing the complainant wanted to withdraw the case, but the police said the case should go on.
“The police then asked my husband to accept that he is a criminal, so that they can rubbish whatever we said they did to us. They also invited some journalists to interview him.”
It was gathered that Ogunsanya, who was back at the Ikoyi division, had been insisting on Ejeh’s arraignment in court, The Punch reported.
But the Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Kenneth Nwosu, said the police did not frame the couple.
He, however, admitted that Ogunsanya had been released, saying his trial had ended.
According to Punch, he said, “Dada Ogunsanya’s trial has ended and his rank was reduced from corporal to constable (Credits: The Punch)