An Isoko Activist identified as Sagacious Louis was attacked by men of the Nigerian Police Force for approaching them over a minor issue.
Narrating his experience, he said at about 5 pm in the evening, a team of the Nigeria police were causing serious gridlock at the Owhelogbo junction, Ozoro, and I was coming from Owhelogbo with a bike I came down and decided to approached the team to beg them to give access to a vehicular movement that they were causing an obstruction and making vehicular movement difficult.
"As I was about leaving, one of the mobile police officers in the team identified as Nelson with force number 444916, brought out his gun and used its butt to hit me on the head with a threat to kill me. Immediately, I fell with blood gushing out of my head".
He also told our correspondent that, "the incident drew the attention of the man on a Jeep the mobile escort were following and the mobile police personnel told the man that I am a kidnapper, without the man hearing from me he order them to continuing brutalizing me"
Other members of the team came out from their vehicles and started manhandling me, one of them spray pepper teargas on me,they left me in the pool of blood , some good Samaritans came to my rescue. Before I was rushed to the hospital.
Meanwhile the Isoko National Youth Assembly (INYA) Worldwide condemned the incident calling it an unwarranted attack by the overzealous mobile policemen at Ozoro.
In a statement by its President, Umuakpo Ovie, the group said: "We hereby condemn in strong terms the unjustifiable attack on Sagacious Louis by the men of the Nigeria Police"
"We want to use this opportunity to call on the DPO Ozoro police station, area Commander, Ozoro as well as the commissioner of police Delta State to rise to the occasion to fish out this unscrupulous element and be brought to book. An injury to one is an injury to all."
Also reacting, the Isoko Monitoring Group (IMG), stated: "The brutality and assault of one of its members, Mr. Sagacious Louis by men of the Nigerian Police Force at Owhelogbo Junction, Ozoro, which has left several injuries on his head, would have been avoided by the police, whose responsibility it is to protect innocent and law-abiding citizens."
The victim also confirmed to our correspondent that the mobile policemen that brutalized him has been arrested to the mobile base Ogwashi-uku.
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