She started shouting and calling for help and the passersby who saw what was happening assisted in pulling her out of the men’s grip. She had to go to the pharmacy that same night to get some medication and treat the bruises she sustained. The 3rd Plaintiff further avers that two days after the initial incident, she was out with Fola and Romeo discussing the previous incident in front of a mechanic workshop. The mechanic upon hearing their discussion, joined in the conversation and mentioned that a lady was raped by the AEPB taskforce the previous day and when he tried to help her, he was stabbed in the head. When she went across the road to confirm if her car was locked, another group of men of the AEPB officials harassed and assaulted her. The 3rd Plaintiff states that the harassment, abuses, sexual assault and humiliation meted out on her almost made her loose her crown as the finest girl in Niger Delta. She reported the incident to the police and went further to make her case public in a radio station as she did not believe that she would get justice from the police. The 4th Plaintiff on her part avers that on 8th March, 2013 at about 7.30 pm, she went out with some of her friends to Kuramo garden in Gwarinpa, Abuja. Just before they started eating, about six uniformed and armed police officers came into the garden and instructed them to stand up and show a means of identification. The 4th Plaintiff who however did not have her identity card on her was pushed into a waiting vehicle alongside other people at the garden. 9

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