There was a mild drama around Ladipo auto parts market in Mushin last Thursday, when some policemen attempted to forcibly arrest a commercial tricyclist.
One of the policemen was said to have gone wild and threatened to shoot one of the passersby who sought to know the tricyclist’s offence.
It took the intervention of a soldier to stop Sergeant Segun Akingbemiro from carrying out his threat.
The Nation learnt that the policemen from Olosan Police Division were at the Ladipo intersection checking vehicles.
The aged trycyclist was said to have suddenly applied the brakes, because the officer, who stopped him, was not in uniform.
An eyewitness, Akin Olawale, told The Nation that there was an argument between the officer and the tricyclist before Akingbemiro joined and started harassing the old man.
Other officers drove their vehicle to block the man’s tricycle.
“Before we knew it, the officer (Akingbemiro) dragged the man to where their bus was parked and hit the man’s head on their bus. This was what caused people’s cries. We decided to move closer and confronted him for that wicked act. He started threatening us with arrest,” he said.
When The Nation got to the scene, Akingbemiro, who was called by his first name Segun by his colleagues, was seen dragging a passerby by his trousers.
“What is my offence? Because we say what you did was wrong. If you kill the man, will you be happy? You can’t arrest me for saying the truth,” the man told Akingbemiro.
The soldier freed the man.
As the officers were leaving, the people booed them.
Akingbemiro, who drove suddenly parked on the road and came out with a gun, corked it, saying: “I will kill you and nothing will happen here.”
When an Inspector in mufti challenged him, he told him off, saying: “I will kill them and you (the inspector) will carry them away.”
The soldier confronted him again, warning him against the repercussion of shooting.
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