By Chux Ohai
A
few days after reggae star, Victor Eshiet, was reportedly arrested in Akwa Ibom
State and brought to Lagos by policemen believed to be operatives of the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command, the musician has
said that he was kidnapped, and not arrested.
The
musician noted this in a statement made available to our correspondent on
Thursday.
He
linked his recent encounter with the law enforcement agents to a previous
incident that occurred in Lagos on November 29, 2014, in which he was
forcefully taken away by the same policemen from the venue of a musical event
that was holding at the National Stadium complex in Surulere, Lagos.
Eshiet
said, “I was attacked, seriously brutalised and hospitalised for months.
However, I had to follow due process by seeking redress in the court of law
against all the parties involved as it is done in America, where I reside and
other countries in the western world. We have been attending court sessions
without any of the respondents showing up in court.”
He
continued, “The Police, acting on instruction from a certain Assistant
Inspector General, were planning to get me kidnapped because I sought redress
in court against them and the individual whom they collaborated with to
infringe on my fundamental human right. This, they achieved on Saturday morning
at about 2:30 am. They came in a convoy, numbering 15 with masks on their
faces. Armed to the teeth, they forcefully took me away in the presence of my
friends and relatives who were with me.”
Culled from The Punch
No comments:
Post a Comment