An #EndSARS protester, Felicia Okpara, has testified against the police, saying she was brutalized by officers simply for recording the violence that took place during one of the protests in the Surulere area of Lagos State.
She said this
on Friday while narrating her ordeal to the Lagos State Judicial Panel of
Inquiry and Restitution.
Okpara told
the panel that she had just concluded an interview in the area and was heading
back home when she saw the protest and decided to join.
Shortly
after, she heard gunshots and people started scampering for safety.
According to
her, after running towards a police station, she decided to record the incident
but was accosted by a police officer who asked why she was recording and
ordered her to stop.
Refusing his
orders, the said officer pulled out a gun on her while another joined in and
both forcefully dragged herself and another lady to the police station nearby.
On getting
there, several officers including women started beating and punching them.
According to her, the beating was so much that she lost control and urinated on
herself.
“While the
beating was going on, I lost control of my body and my phone fell on the ground
and one of them used his leg to smash it because he believed I was recording
with it and I was going to pot it on the internet.
“While we
were still at that gate, some were coming out, they joined the beating. Dragged
me inside that was where I lost control of my body, I peed on myself. I managed
to get a hold of the phone because I knew that was the only thing I had,”
Okpara said, fighting back tears.
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