Subsequently on the 29th of September 2012 at about 8 pm the 1st Plaintiff went
to see her brother and suddenly a man wearing a Man O’ war uniform grabbed
her breast and held onto them in order to make her stop walking. He forced her
to get into the bus which had AEPB and SAPLCLN written on it and she refused
and started shouting for help.
Thereafter, three armed military officers started beating her and threatened to
shoot her if she did not get on the bus. She offered to show the assailants her
identity card but they refused to accord her the opportunity rather they kept
forcing her into the bus and calling her names. Passersby who saw what happened
intervened and identified her as a Nollywood actress and they let her go.
The 1st Plaintiff states that when her brother went to the AEPB office to enquire
what had happened, the officers at the AEPB threatened to shoot him so she had
the matter reported to zone 3 police station that same day. The police invited the
then AEPB Director, one Mr. Isaa Shuaibu who explained that it was the
SAPCLN staff and soldiers that assaulted the 1st Plaintiff and not the AEPB. Since
the incident happened, no one was arrested or prosecuted based on her complaint.
Again, the 1st Plaintiff avers that on the 6th of December 2012 few weeks after the
incident stated above occurred, a similar ordeal happened to her on her way to
collect signatures from business owners whose businesses were directly affected
by the activities of AEPB and SAPCLN. These men were identified to be officers
of the AEPB and security officers of the Defendant.
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