A businessman, Jibrin Dahiru, has petitioned the Bauchi State Police Commissioner, Auwal Musa Mohammed, alleging intimidation, violence, assault and harassment by one Assistant Superintendent of Police, Abdulmalik Tukur Abubakar of the Command Fast Response Squad (RRS).
The petition, dated April 23, 2024, titled “Grievance of Intimidation, Violence, Assault, and Harassment In opposition to Assistant Superintendent (ASP) Abdulmalik Tukur Abubakar of the Fast Response Squad of the NPF, Bauchi State Command: Request for Discreet Investigation/Applicable Motion,”
The petition obtained by our reporter was drafted by the sufferer’s solicitors from An-Nur Chambers and signed by MM Maidoki and Nasiru Abubakar.
In line with the solicitors, the incident was stated to have occurred final month on the sufferer’s store at Wunti market the place an altercation occurred between Dahiru and a few okada riders who parked in entrance of his store.
The sufferer had requested the motorbike riders to maneuver apart as they have been obstructing the shopper’s view, earlier than it resulted in an altercation when one of many motorcyclists refused to conform.
The petition acknowledged that “Throughout the altercation, ASP Abdulmalik Tukur Abubakar approached our consumer and verbally abused him in Hausa earlier than bodily assaulting him. Our consumer, in self-defense, retaliated with a slap.”
“For the reason that incident,
our consumer has been evading the respondent, who later recognized himself as a police officer, and tried to arrest him. To resolve the matter, our consumer reported himself to the Police Headquarters, the place he was instructed to attend for additional directions.”
The solicitors added that “Our consumer was subsequently referred to as to the S.I.B workplace on April 12, 2024, the place each events supplied statements.”
“Regardless of efforts by our consumer’s brother to safe bail, he was instructed to return the subsequent morning. Upon his return, our consumer was not current on the workplace initially however was later introduced in, and a senior officer cautioned each events earlier than releasing our consumer to his elder brother.”
Nevertheless, the respondent, regardless of his superior’s directive, refused to launch the petitioner and delayed bail procedures.
The petition acknowledged additional that “After the stated superior to the Respondent referred to as, Sani left, the respondent, regardless of being a complainant, maintained that he’s not going to launch our consumer as directed by his superior and requested our consumer’s elder brother to come back again the next day for the discharge of our consumer and on Sunday, the 14th day of April, 2024, within the morning, the elder brother to our consumer referred to as the Respondent severally however the Respondent stated when he’s prepared for the bail he’s going to tell our consumer’s elder brother.”
In line with the petition, “After a protracted silence, our consumer’s elder brother visited the S.LB workplace round 5:00pm and located our consumer in extreme ache ensuing from the impact of torture on his finger nails, again and mouth and our consumer’s elder brother maintained that he’s not going to take our consumer in that situation however was suggested and later took our consumer house however having regards to the gravity/severity of the illnesses, our consumer couldn’t bear due to extreme ache, and he was rushed to Specialist hospital Bauchi by his elder brother for medical consideration.”
They additional wrote that, “Our consumer knowledgeable us that he was taken to Police Station at Tambari Housing Property by similar respondent, the place he was crushed severely by the Respondent (ASP ABDULMALIK) and different Law enforcement officials on the station to the extent of commanding our consumer to open his mouth and tear gasoline his mouth earlier than being taken to detention room and the next morning on Saturday, our consumer was taken again to the S.I.B workplace and all that transpired on the market was narrated earlier than the A.C S.I.B and was taken again once more to Tambari Police Station.”
“That whereas at Tambari Police Station, the Respondent met our consumer mendacity on the detention room and commanded our consumer to comply with him to a chosen place within the station alongside different folks our consumer recognized as D.J, Baba Sadiq and Auwal of container market and the ASP began beating our consumer whereas the above talked about folks joined him in beating our consumer with koboko,” It additional contained.
“That the ASP handcuffed our consumer and hanged him even when our consumer is telling him that “I’m now not beneath your management since our statements have been taken, it’s best to look ahead to the result of investigation,” however lo and behold, the ASP in his dedication to additional judicially torture our consumer, picked a Plyer and went forward to pinch our consumer’s nails with the Plyer to the extent that our consumer needed to faint due to extreme ache and was left in his pool of blood.”
Moreover, “That on Monday morning, fifteenth day of April, 2014, the Respondent visited our consumer at Tambari station the place after seeing pressure of blood on our consumer’s material, the Respondent personally introduced material, directed our consumer to vary into the stated material he introduced after which he personally once more took our consumer’s material that was bathed with blood (containing N70,000 stocked within the trouser) and the Respondent personally once more returned the material washed and ironed however with out the 70,000 and the Respondent picked our consumer to a hospital at State Low-cost Bauchi for therapy of wounds and injection.”
They added that,”From the hospital at state low-cost, the Respondent took our consumer to Wunti market whereas being handcuffed and paraded him to folks on the market to showcase his gallantry, the place from the market, he once more took our consumer to Authorities Home, Bauchi and paraded our consumer once more to some Law enforcement officials showcasing his gallantry and he later returned our consumer again to the S.I.B workplace.”
“That whereas on the S.I.B workplace, a Police officer referred to as Lamido was involved concerning the well being standing of our consumer and he took our consumer to Tashan Babiye Hospital for examination earlier than dealing with our consumer to his elder brother, and our consumer after reaching house couldn’t bear severity of the ache nor can he even slept and was once more taken to Specialist Hospital Bauchi the place he was admitted and was later discharged on Tuesday night, the sixteenth day of April, 2024.”
The Solicitors harassed that, “Our enchantment sir, is to please trigger this grievance to be totally investigated and guarantee acceptable measures within the curiosity of justice, in order to redeem the unhealthy picture of the Police as portrayed by the Respondent. Please settle for the assurances of our highest esteem whereas trying ahead to seeing your immediate consideration.”
When contacted for response, the Spokesman of the command, SP Ahmed Wakili acknowledged that, “I’m out of city for an official project with the CP. I’ve not seen the petition, as quickly as I lay my arms on it, I’ll reply.”
