Reinforced Security For Arrival Of Senate President Bukola Saraki Assaults NAMA Official, Ishola Oluwafemi In Kwara

Ishola Oluwafemi, an official of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency is crying out for justice.

According to information credited to him by Punch ‘’ on Tuesday, he said he was in his office about 9.45am on Sunday when some riot police officers led by Mr. Shola Gbadeyan (DSP) assaulted him.

According to him, the police officers had come to reinforce security at the airport before the arrival of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

He said while he and his colleagues were exchanging pleasantries, a policeman knocked on the door of the office where they were.Oluwafemi said, “We heard a knock again on the door. Because I was close to the door, I opened it. Immediately I saw a police officer, I looked at him.

“He asked me, “Why did you not talk to me?’ I said, “About what? I do not know you from Adam and we never had any conversation, so what is it that I am going to talk to you about?” And he said, ‘Ok, sorry’ and shut the door.

“Few minutes later, I was still discussing with my colleagues when four police officers came and started shouting,

‘Where is the boy, where is the boy? Bring him here. Come out.’ I said, ‘what for? Why are you people shouting in my office, what is wrong?’ They said I spoke to their ‘oga’ rudely. I asked how and they started slapping me and shouting that I must be very stupid.

“Their boss was on the other side commanding them to bring me out. While they were beating me and saying I was stupid, I said I was not stupid. They got angrier and said that if soldiers were beating me, would I have the effrontery to talk back at them?’ I said, yes, I would talk back at anybody who is beating me like this in my office when I am doing my duty, I have not wronged the person and this is a Federal Government parastatal. Gbadeyan himself punched me in the eyes.”

Oluwafemi alleged that they continued beating him and that at a point, he fell down.

He added that they were about whisking him away when his colleagues ran to their operational area and called other workers.

According to him, when the police officers noticed that the NAMA staff were about recording how they were beating him, one of the police officers shouted at them to stop any form of recording.

He said the police officers later went into their van and zoomed off to the terminal area of the airport

The NAMA official who provided medial report and cost of N150,000 s appealing to the Kwara state commission of police – place of incident – Olusola Amore for justice.