The Divisional Police Officer [DPO] attached to Lafenwa Divisional Police Headquarters, Abeokuta, Ogun State has been accused of being inhumane towards two traders brutalised by policemen in the state.

According to viral online report, the DPO had given the traders, who are single mothers, N3,000 as compensation for their injuries.

It was alleged that the women were returning from the market, where they had gone to trade, when they were accosted by the officers who accused them of being robbers. An allegation they denied.

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The denial, however, earned them the wrath of the policemen who proceeded to beat up the two women. One of them was injured in the face, while the other claimed she had been having pains since their brutalisation.

It was further gathered that after beating them, the police officers dragged the single moms to Lafenwa Divisional Police Headquarters, Abeokuta, where the DPO exonerated and apologized to them.

The DPO allegedly gave them a paltry sum of N3,000 to treat the injuries they sustained.

However, in a viral video, the women expressed their dissatisfaction with the amount, saying their injuries have kept them away from their businesses.

Speaking in Yoruba, they said that as single moms, they are the only ones catering for their children and the injuries means they can’t even be able to go to the market until further notice.

One of the women, who was left with a large bruise on her cheek said:

“I told the DPO, I don’t have a husband, my children will eat; all I am doing is going about my business, I got to the market to fend for myself. Look at what they did to me, when will I be able to go to the market now.

“The DPO now said they should give me N3000, that I should use it to treat myself.”

Humans rights activists are now calling on the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Zonal Commander, Zone 2 and the Inspector General of Police to look into the matter and get the victims good medical care.

They also want the women to be duly compensated for the losses they have incurred as a result of not being able to go to the market.

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A Facebook user who shared the video wrote:

“These two women were beaten and battered by police officers attached to Lafenwa Divisional Police Headquarters, Lafenwa, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, last week Thursday while coming from the market where they do their buying and selling. The most unfortunate aspect of this dehumanizing acts was that instead of the DPO to investigate the matter and take appropriate actions again the animals among his men, he wanted to sweep the whole thing under the carpet by giving them N3,000 to go and take care of themselves. Some how, the women got in touch with a renounced journalist (name withheld) and the whole issue is now made public.

We implore the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Zonal Commander, Zone 2 and the Inspector General of Police to use their offices to put these police officers to book and get these women good medical care and financial compensation for losses they have incurred as a result of not being able to go to the market for their trading activities since the time this sad and inhuman incident occurred.

Please help rebroadcast till it gets to the CP, Ogun State, Zone 2 Zonal Commander and the IGP.

Thank you.

See video below: