The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode’s convoy apprehended two Airforce cadets in Mile 12 area of Lagos State. The cadets were dehumanizing an artisan by name Dahiru Lawal who was accused of breaking the windscreen of a Chrysler Stratus car with registration number KRD 267 DV.
Peters O. Solomon and Abdullahi Fahad, who identified themselves as Airforce personnel, attached to the Airforce Base in Ikeja, forced Lawal to enter the boot of their car after dragging him on the ground for the said offence.
Governor Ambode, who was returning from a visit to Agbowa in Ikorodu, saw the situation and intervened quickly to save Lawal who was gasping for breath.
The Governor wondered how inhuman people could be, to a fellow citizen like that just because he broke the windscreen of their car.
According the cadets, Lawal tried to flee after breaking the windscreen by running into the nearby market where he was caught.
Peters tried to explain what happened to the Governor by saying that the boy broke the windscreen in front of his car and ran away. He added that they had to drag him back and put him in the boot.
Abdullahi one of the cadets explained what happened to the Governor by saying that himself and Peters were along Mile 12 after visiting a friend when they heard a knack on their windscreen and they saw Lawal attempting to escape.
That was when they ran after him into the market and dragged him (Lawal) down. He then asked who Lawal is working with because he knows Lawal cannot repair the damaged windscreen. He added that he wanted to see the man he is working with so that everything can be settled with him. He then told Peter that they should hand him over to Airforce police at the Airforce Base,
Lawal who hails from Kaduna State, said he mistakenly damaged the windscreen with the load he was carrying and that he fled because he was afraid of what they might do to him.
Those that were around pleaded on his behalf, but their ears were deafened to their pleas. Even the police pleaded with them to let him go but they insisted on taking me that when the convoy of the Governor arrived to rescue him from the boot of the car where he was kept.
Lawal said he lost his cell phone and the sum of N5,000 which he was having on him when he was being dragged on the floor.
The Governor had ordered that the suspects be handed over to the police for further investigation and possible prosecution.
