Tenant beaten unconscious with hammer
Published: 2013 March 15 23:53:13 (2785 Views)
A photographer with the Eti-Osa Local Government, Lagos was allegedly beaten to a coma by a policeman during a demolition exercise in Ikoyi area.
Punch Metro reporterd that the victim, Bolaji Madamidola, is an occupant of a building which formerly belonged to a former Managing Director of Oceanic Bank plc, Cecilia Ibru.
The building had been apparently acquired by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria and sold off to another individual.
On March 6, 2013, some policemen stormed the building to eject the occupants of the building.
It was in a bid to salvage some of his properties that Madamidola was allegedly beaten up by one of the policemen.
The lawyer to the occupants of the building, Okwarauba Nastor, said the policemen were shooting indiscriminately in a bid to scare off the occupants of the building.
He said the victim did not provoke the policemen but only attempted to evacuate some of his properties when one of the policemen hit him with a sledge hammer.
Sympathisers were said to have rushed the victim to about four hospitals in the area where he was rejected.
He was later taken to St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island.
Madamidola's critical condition meant he would need at least US$6000 before proper treatment could begin.
It was however learnt that AMCON had promised to offset part of the hospital bill.
The lawyer said it was unfortunate that AMCON would authorize such a demolition even though the matter was still in court.
He said, “This is not the first time that the occupants of the building will be threatened with eviction.
In April 2011, the same policemen attached to the company wanted to eject them but we took the matter to court because the tenants have been paying rent to AMCON.
“The matter is still in court and that is why I’m surprised that such a thing could happen.”
- PunchMetro
Punch Metro reporterd that the victim, Bolaji Madamidola, is an occupant of a building which formerly belonged to a former Managing Director of Oceanic Bank plc, Cecilia Ibru.
The building had been apparently acquired by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria and sold off to another individual.
On March 6, 2013, some policemen stormed the building to eject the occupants of the building.
It was in a bid to salvage some of his properties that Madamidola was allegedly beaten up by one of the policemen.
The lawyer to the occupants of the building, Okwarauba Nastor, said the policemen were shooting indiscriminately in a bid to scare off the occupants of the building.
He said the victim did not provoke the policemen but only attempted to evacuate some of his properties when one of the policemen hit him with a sledge hammer.
Sympathisers were said to have rushed the victim to about four hospitals in the area where he was rejected.
He was later taken to St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island.
Madamidola's critical condition meant he would need at least US$6000 before proper treatment could begin.
It was however learnt that AMCON had promised to offset part of the hospital bill.
The lawyer said it was unfortunate that AMCON would authorize such a demolition even though the matter was still in court.
He said, “This is not the first time that the occupants of the building will be threatened with eviction.
In April 2011, the same policemen attached to the company wanted to eject them but we took the matter to court because the tenants have been paying rent to AMCON.
“The matter is still in court and that is why I’m surprised that such a thing could happen.”
- PunchMetro
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