No be small matter wey dey happen for Lagos as human rights activist Taiwo Hassan, wey dem dey call Soweto, don finally start him physiotherapy. E happen after doctors check am and see say him don collect plenty bruises and soft tissue injuries when dem arrest am during protest wey dem organize to stop demolitions for poor areas.
For him statement wey e release on Friday, Soweto talk say him don begin physiotherapy since 11 February, after dem show am the result of him MRI scan. The guy no gree hide the wahala wey police put him for. According to am, the scan show say him don receive strong beating from police during the protest wey happen on 28 January.
Dem say blunt force trauma na when person body collide with something wey no sharp, and e fit cause plenty bruises. Soweto talk say after dem arrest am, dem beat am well well, and him body don show all di marks wey fit confirm wetin happen.
“As you sabi, Jimoh Moshood and him men carry me go slaps galore for Lagos State House of Assembly as we dey protest against di wahala wey demolitions and forced evictions dey cause for places like Makoko and Ajegunle,” he add.
The protest wey turn to battle as police unleash tear gas on di crowd, injuring plenty people, with some even hospitalised. Soweto and him guy Frank no gree take di charge wey dem give dem for dem conduct after di protest jam, say dem dey disturb public peace and singing wetin police no like.
Soweto talk say even as dem carry dem go court, di protest no be waste, as di Lagos State Government don stop demolition for Makoko and dey ready to negotiate with di community. He even call on di assembly make dem investigate di whole demolitions and evictions matter, promise say if dem no do anything, di protests go continue.
Report wey PREMIUM TIMES see show say di doctors check Soweto as soon as dem land him, and him complain say he dey feel headache and body pain. Dem don document all di bruises wey police give am, wey confirm say dem beat am well.
Soweto also share story say dem try strangulate am, but doctors no see any marks for him neck. Doctor wey check am mention say no be jujubeat, na serious matter wey dey. Dem still find wetin dey worry him spine after di matter, but they no see any broken bone or serious injury.
Police spokesperson for Lagos State, Abimbola Adebisi, no wan hear di allegations wey Soweto talk, say dem never receive any report concerning di matter. But di Lagos police no dey play with protests, dem talk say di crowd dey block road wey no suppose block, and call dem “violent” even as many people wey dey observe say di protest dey peaceful.
As di court matter dey go on, Lagos State Assembly don gather with di community leaders to talk how dem fit resolve di wahala wey dey for di waterfront areas. Dem agree say dem go check di affected buildings and make sure say everything dey transparent.
Make we dey watch how e go be for this matter, as di body no be small wahala, and di people dey ready to fight for wetin be dem right!
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