Police harass tricyclist, passerby

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