Policemen Dip Hand In My Sister’s Vagina Before Letting Her Bring Me Food – Suspect Alleges

A suspect thief, Blessing Taiwo, has
alleged that her sister, who alwcnbrought
her food in the cell, was molested by the
policemen attached to the Anti-
Kidnapping and Anti-Cultism Squad of the
State Criminal Investigation and
Intelligence Department, Lagos State Police
Command.
According to her, the policemen would
demand to touch her sister (Folake)’s
breasts and dip hands into her private
parts before allowing her to take the food
into the cell.
Taiwo also said that before granting her
bail for alleged theft, the policemen
collected N50,000 and seized her mobile
phone pending when a balance of
N20,000 would be paid on Tuesday.
It was gathered that Blessing, a mother of
two, had been arrested on Monday after
her boss, Mrs. Abiola Osagie, accused her
of stealing $50,000 while the latter was
away on a trip.
Osagie had alerted policemen from the
Ikoyi division, who transferred the matter
to the SCIID, Yaba, for further
investigation.
Although the case bordered on alleged
theft, it was transferred to the Anti-
Kidnapping and Anti-Cultism Squad on
Hogan Bassey Crescent, Surulere, where
the victim was allegedly locked up in the
same cell with a suspect who had a
mental problem.
After spending three days in the cell, with
the intervention of the Office of the Lagos
State Police Public Relations Officer and an
Assistant Commissioner of Police, the
suspect was released on bail.
However, a demand of N2m was allegedly
made, which was negotiated to N70,000.
“After we paid them N50,000, the police
didn’t release her (Blessing) phone. They
said we should bring the remaining on
Tuesday when her phone would be
released,” a family member said.
On how the matter started, Blessing told
reporters in Lagos that she had been
working as the office administrator and
assistant to Osagie for the past eight years
in an international investment and equity
firm, AfricInvest.
AfricInvest is in eight countries of the
world, but the Nigerian office in Ikoyi,
Lagos, is under the leadership of Osagie,
who is the Managing Director.
Blessing said, “The office cleaner was
sacked more than a year ago and since
then, a new cleaner had not been
employed. I have been the one cleaning
the office; washing the toilet and doing
other menial duties.
“During the quarterly appraisal, I raised
issues about the general cleaning of the
office and suggested we get somebody to
do it. After she travelled, I asked her driver
to do the job for a fee of N10,000. I
decided to give the job to him to save
cost.
“However, on the last day of the cleaning, I
observed the man messed up the chemical
for the cleaning of the floor and I got a
man to assist with the cleanup.
“She returned from her trip on Thursday,
and by Friday, she came to the office. I
gave her feedback about the cleaning. I
told her I invited four people from outside
to do the job. I didn’t tell her that her
driver did the job because if she knew,
she would have asked why I paid him any
money.”
The Odogbolu, Ogun State indigene, said
Osagie did not raise any issues after they
both left the office at 6pm on the Friday
and also at the end of work the following
Monday.
Blessing said she, however, received a call
by 8.30pm on Monday, as Osagie asked
her to get to work early on Tuesday over
an issue.
“When I got there, she said I should get a
ladder and climb to a particular cabinet. I
thought she wanted me to bring down
some files.
“However, I found a black bag and she
asked me to bring it down. She said she
left $50,000 in the bag, among other
currencies, and I told her that nobody
took anything from the place because I
was careful,” she added.
Policemen from the Ikoyi division were
said to have been invited to the firm, who
interrogated the suspect.
Blessing, 43, said she informed the police
that the driver and another man were
involved in the cleaning and she
supervised them.
The driver, however, reportedly told the
police that the bag in question had been
taken home by Osagie on Monday.
He allegedly said he noticed that the bag
was heavy, adding that he did not know
the content.
A security man on the premises, who was
also interviewed, allegedly told operatives
that Osagie was seen returning to the
office alone late on the same night with
the bag.
It was learnt that operatives searched the
home of Blessing and checked her bank
account balance without finding any
money.
The Divisional Police Officer allegedly said
there was no evidence linking Blessing
with the incident, but the complainant
allegedly insisted that she was culpable.
The matter was subsequently transferred
to the SCIID, Yaba, from where it was
referred to the Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-
Cultism Squad headed by CSP Akinade
Adejobi.
Folake, narrating how she was molested,
said, “The police at Ikoyi told her that they
didn’t find any evidence of stealing. But
she (Osagie) insisted that my sister took
the money.
“The case was transferred to the SCIID,
Yaba, on Wednesday, from where it was
referred to Hogan Bassey Crescent. My
sister was detained that night and we
were asked to return the following day.
“During the interrogation, the driver, who
agreed to cleaning the office and
collecting N10,000 said he assisted the
woman to carry the bag into the car the
night preceding when she declared the
money missing. She didn’t deny it.
“The other cleaner said he didn’t spend
more than 20 minutes on the premises
and he assisted in mixing the chemical.
When it was my sister’s turn to talk, she
(Osagie) asked her to keep quiet and she
should only respond to questioning.”
She said after the intervention of the
Lagos police PRO and the ACP, Adejobi
agreed to give the suspect bail.
Another member of the family, Florence,
said she had yet to recover from the
harassment she suffered at the police
formation while taking food to Blessing in
the cell.
She also alleged that her sister was
subjected to inhuman treatment.
She said, “The stench in that station was
horrible and I later realised that it came
from my sister’s cell, where a mentally
deranged woman was being held for
alleged ritual dealings.
“I personally went through hell. Any time I
was going to give her food, they would
collect a bribe of N1,000 to allow me in.
“When I get in, the policemen will start
touching my body, including putting
hands in my private parts.
“There is a particular one that has been
harassing me with calls and asking me to
date him. The policemen there are not
normal; they wear earrings in their
tongues, ears and nostrils.”
The Lagos State police spokesperson,
Olarinde Famous-Cole, said the allegations
had also been trending on the social
media, saying the command would
investigate them.
In a statement on Sunday, he said the
Investigating Police Officer, Sergeant
Kudeinbu Sheu, had been arrested and
was being interrogated at the X-Squad.
He said, “The command wants to reassure
members of the public that proper
investigation will be carried out and the
command will like to encourage the
suspect, Blessing Taiwo, to come forward
with relevant information to aid the police
in the ongoing investigation.”
Culled from Dailypost.ng