A Lagos state police officer has reportedly assaulted a woman and bike rider over N 200 bribe.

The woman identified as Mrs. Folorunsho, a trader, was said to be on her way to a market in the Mile 12 area of Lagos to purchase food products to sell to her customers when she was attacked by a policeman from the Pedro Police station in Somolu Local Government Area.

The officer knocked the woman and bike rider out while they were still in motion, hospitalizing both in the process.

Speaking of her ordeal, Mrs. Folorunsho said, “Around 2:30 pm, I got ready to go to Mile 12 and so hailed a motorcycle. “While on our way, one of the policemen at Pedro Police Station popularly called Alhaji accosted us and told the motorcycle rider to stop. 

“The rider who was already on top speed was trying to halt when the policeman used a huge drum to hit him. “The rider and I fell to the ground and were left unconscious. 

“When the policeman saw what had happened, he ran into the station with his colleagues. “The community members who witnessed the whole thing gathered outside the station and began chanting that the policeman had killed people and ran into the station.

“After much protest, some of the policemen came out with a van and took us to a hospital.” The woman said the police disappeared soon after so as to avoid paying the hospital bill.

She added, “They gave the hospital our names and ran away. “They didn’t wait to pay for our treatment or ensure that we were okay after causing us serious injuries. “Just because they wanted a bribe of N200, they ruined my face and almost killed me.”

Chukwugozie Okeke reporting, Obinwannem News