Nigeria police allegedly tortures woman for having tattoos
A Nigerian woman identified as Chioma Pius has demanded for
justice after being beaten mercilessly by police officers for having tattoos on
her body.
According
to her, she could not record the brutal incident because the officers seized
her phones.
The woman said she was assaulted along Emohua axis at the
highway leading to Bayelsa.
Narrating
her ordeal, the young lady on her Facebook wall @ChiomaPius wrote: “Today was a
horrible day. I experienced the worst day in my life. Today I was brutalized by
police officers. This happened at emohua axis of river state. At the highway
leading to bayelsa. My crime was that I tattooed my body. In this modern age. A
police officer asked me to step down from the taxi I was traveling with from
bayelsa to portharcourt. I asked to know why and he asked again so I got out of
the car and then he asked to know who I was and what I did.
“I
gladly introduced myself after which i had a big smile on my face and my phone
rang but I couldn’t answer and then he said I should identify myself to his superior which i found
funny and I was just looking at the guy when he said I should get detained.
That I don’t have manners and that am a cultist, prostitute, armrobber, there
is no disgusting name this men didn’t call me and all this time I was just
laughing and telling them am not entering their mobile cell. They seized my
phones so I couldn’t record them.
“They
searched my purse And when they couldn’t find any money they got more angry And
said that I don’t even have money And am showing myself And before I know if
one of the officers grabbed me by my trousers and pushed me to the van and the
other guy slapped me and punched me repeatedly. I was asking why they are
beating me up and their boss used his gun to hit me on my thighs, went away
came back with cane And was flogging me And calling me names. And pushed me into
their cell. During the struggle I lost my ring and while this was happening
they were collecting money from highway drivers and letting them through
without searching them.
“I
will not be humiliated for no reason. This police officers are not here to
protect us but only to hurt innocent ones but its enough what’s wrong with one
tattooing their body. Please share and repost.”
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