Politics Religion and Crime TV reported earlier that woman identified as Real Omo has sparked widespread outrage after alleging that officers from the Lagos State Police Command detained her and several other women in the same cell with men and children at the Maroko Police Station in Lekki. The claim was made in a viral video shared on Monday by a user, Oyindamola, posting under the handle #dammiedammie35 on X.com.
In the video, Real Omo, visibly shaken, described the harrowing conditions she and others faced after being picked up by police during a raid in Lekki. According to her, they were arrested simply for walking at night and were thrown into a crowded cell alongside men and young children, with no regard for their safety or well-being.
“Men and women are together in the cell. There are even young children with us. We don’t know what to do. Please, come to our aid. We are at the Maroko Police Station, and we need help right now,” she said, pleading for immediate intervention.
She went on to express her disbelief at being arrested for what she believed was an innocent act of walking in public, questioning how she was supposed to know a police raid was taking place. “Last night, they picked us up and arrested us. They said we couldn’t walk because they were conducting a raid. How was I supposed to know there was a raid in Lekki? I’m a victim. They said I’m going to prison—for walking at night? This is too much to bear. Does this make sense?”
In the video, parts of the cell appeared dilapidated, with broken walls and an open roof adding to the already dire situation.
However, the Lagos State Police Command swiftly denied the allegations. Responding to the viral post, police spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin took to X.com, where he refuted the woman’s claims, stating that the individuals were only held in a “holding area” before being separated by gender in the main cells.
“That is a holding area where they are visible to officers on duty at the charge room (counter). Once they move into the proper cell, they are separated, and they would not even have their phones with them,” Hundeyin explained, countering the claim that men, women, and children were kept together.
Hundeyin also shared a video showing a group of five men and five women in an open space within the station. The officer in the video clarified that some of the individuals were street children brought in by Lekki residents, with many of their parents already having collected them. He emphasized that they were kept only in an open area at the back of the charge room, not inside a proper cell, until their cases could be sorted out.
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