Ndubuisi Obiechina explained how she lost her two months pregnancy after been detained by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ikeja, Lagos State for three weeks and one day. at the hearing of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up by the Lagos State government to look into allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the disbanded Force (SARS).
“I told them the doctors said I don’t need any stress that my kind of body is the body that needs to stay one place. They said, no. Let the baby die. “after the detention, I went to the hospital. They then found out that the baby was gone. We had to wash it off.” In the process, I lost the baby she added.
After listening to her submission, the Chairman of the Panel and retired Chief Judge of Lagos, Justice Doris Okuwobi admitted as exhibits, the judgements delivered in 2017 and 2020 respectively.
“Judgement in appeal CA/L/178 of 2018 COP and others against Mr Obiechina and another dated March 20, 2020, is hereby admitted and marked as Exhibit B,” she said.
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When asked for any other matter to be used as an exhibit, the petitioner’s wife, Ndubuisi, narrated how police authorities extorted she and her husband.
“We also bailed ourselves. When they released us, we bailed ourselves with N250,000 and N150,000 respectively,” she added.
While noting that the SARS operatives also arrested her husband who came to check up on her, the victim said they were put in different cells.
She also revealed how SARS operatives unlawfully took N50,000 in their possession and alleged that they both paid N150,000 and N250,000 cash for their bail. The victim explained that although the court awarded her N2 million as damages against the police authorities, she is yet to receive the sum.
Obiechina’s remarks come days after Okoli Aguwu, accused SARS operatives of extracting his teeth while spending 47 days in custody.
