15 policemen arrested #EndSARS protester in Lagos- Victim’s sister
No fewer than 15 armed policemen arrested a promoter of the #EndSARS protest, Eromosele Adene, after invading his apartment on Adeleke Street, in the Allen area of Ikeja, Lagos State on Saturday.
It was gathered that a protest had been slated to host at the Allen Junction in Ikeja when the policemen besieged Eromosele’s house and whisked him away.
His sister said one of the policemen deceived her by claiming he had a parcel to deliver to her father around 7am on Saturday.
“When i met them, they told me that they were actually looking for my brother and instructed me to take them to our house, but i refused. They said they did a business with him and sent money to his Zenith account but the commodity was not delivered. I told them i did not believe their story and insisted that they give a valid explanation.
“I was dragging with them when three Hilux patrol vehicles with about 15 policemen armed with AK-47 rifles stormed where we stood . I became terrified and had to lead them to my house.
“My brother, who was inside the room, kept posting that security agents were at his place to arrest him. The policemen became annoyed when they saw the posts and demanded that he pull them down. So, we told him to pull the posts down and he did, but they still took him away to the office of the Commissioner of Police.
“He was there for about three hours but they didn’t do anything. We left with our lawyer and parents around 8pm. We became surprised when we heard they had moved him to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba on Sunday. They later brought him back and put him inside a cell in Area F”.
One of the organizers of the protest, Juwon Sanyaolu, while condemning the arrest, said Eromosele was tracked.
He said, “The moment the flyers about the Allen Junction protest started circulating, we started receiving different calls. On Friday, he informed me that he received a call from the Lagos Airforce Commander, who claimed to have discussed with the Commissioner of Police and they both agreed not to attack the protest but give us maximum protection.
“But little did we know that, that phone call was a ploy to track his location. Everyone who converged on Allen Junction were intimidated, so we had to settle for an alternative venue, somewhere around the Gani Fawehimi library.