See what Lagos chief did to pregnant bread seller (photo)
– Pregnant bread seller reportedly battered for interfering in arguments involving other vendors
– Police arrest offender, release him on bail
– Police spokesperson confirms incident
The battered body of the pregnant bread seller.
A pregnant bread seller identified as Bukola Olasunkanmi has been reportedly battered by a chief in Ijegun area of Lagos.
According to The Punch, the chief known as Ajiroba and his thugs beat the seven-month pregnant bread seller severally because she mediated in an argument between some levy collectors and another bread seller at Ijegun bus stop.
The woman who was badly bruised, reportedly sustained injuries and was first rushed to a private hospital, before being taken to the Igando General Hospital while Ajiroba was arrested by officers from Isheri Oshun division after the case was reported.
Narrating her ordeal, Olasunkanmi said: “I work as a mobile bread vendor, and the assault happened on March 11, 2016, while I was supplying bread to a customer at the Ijegun bus stop. At a point in the transaction, I noticed that another bread vendor had thrown her wooden tray on the bonnet of my car.
“I realised that she was being harassed by some local levy collectors operating in the area. I intervened by pleading with the collectors to let her go as she strapped a baby to her back, I said, ‘Leave this woman alone.’
“It was at this point that one Chief Ajiroba, accompanied by four hoodlums, emerged from a corner with a cane and began to flog me. I was beaten like a criminal at the bus stop despite being pregnant.
“I ran to the Isheri Osun division and reported the matter. Policemen thereafter followed me to the chief and he was detained that day. Although the chief has apologised to me, my fear is that strange people have been visiting my residence since the ecounter.
“Most of them warned me that my life was no longer safe as I dared to report a chief to the police. I want the police to help me out and ensure that justice is served in this matter. I go almost every day to the Igando General Hospital for checkups.”
Ajiroba has since been granted bail by the police but was asked to always report at the station for questioning, and while stating his side of the story, the chief denied flogging only the bread seller.
“I did not know she was pregnant. I did not know her before that day. I saw two women fighting at the bus stop and I flogged both of them. I have been begging her to drop this matter,” Ajiroba said.
Dolapo Badmos, the police spokesperson, while confirming the incident, said: “A case of assault occasioning harm was reported against the suspect.
“Investigation is ongoing. The command will ensure that justice is done.”
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