A Lagos-based tech expert, Caleb Okechukwu, has accused policemen attached to the Orile Police Division of abducting him and his friend, Christopher Onyejekwe, on their way back home from their business place.
Okechukwu, who narrated his ordeal in a post on his Facebook page on Tuesday, titled “How Orile Police Division, Lagos, Kidnapped Me and My Friend”, claimed that the incident occurred on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
He stated that he and his friend were heading home when a Sienna bus double-crossed them in the process.
According to him, armed policemen suddenly emerged from the vehicle in what he described as a “commando style” and bundled them into the vehicle without any explanation.
Okechukwu added that the officers also assaulted him in the vehicle while attempting to seize his phone from him.
He also accused the policemen of abducting some other people in the same manner, while giving them no space to identify themselves.
The post partly read, “On November 2, 2025, while rounding off my engagements in the ever-busy city of Lagos, I and my friend, Humble Chris, headed to retire for the day. Having alighted the booked rider, we walked to connect to the street. While on that, a Sienna bus double-crossed us in a commando style. Christopher Onyejekwe and I maintained calm while holding our belongings tightly.
“Before we could say a word, the men forced us into their Sienna bus without allowing us to identify who we are. These men were well armed with AK-47 rifles with 3 extra magazines each. While they drove us, I asked them who they were; one of them said harshly, “When you get to where we are going, this your English won’t save you.
“They seized my friend’s phone. Immediately, the phone rang while the other man, believed to be in his late 50s, wanted to forcefully take my phone, which faced resistance from me, and he gave me an uppercut on my jaw before I succumbed to his use of force. These men drove and got some other people kidnapped in such a commando style, while giving them no space to identify themselves. Some of the victims were strongly brutalised, while some were given blown eyes and physical injuries.”
Okechukwu alleged that the men eventually drove them to the Orile Police Station, seized their phones, and detained them overnight without interrogation.
While he further likened their operation to that of kidnappers demanding ransom, the victim said the officers released their phones to them the next morning and asked them to call their relatives to come forward to bail them.
He, however, identified two of the officers they encountered at the station as Mary Abimbola and one Kally, while accusing them of unprofessional conduct.
“When we were brought into the station that night, it was Inspector Mary Abimbola who wrote our names, and in the morning, it became so obvious that she is everything a good police officer should NEVER be; her conduct was rude even to the elderly.
“Another officer who accused me of trying to be the smart one is Kally, believed to be an inspector. He is fair, slim, inhumane, and unprofessional. He slaps at anyone at will. Very wicked man that has children. He attacked even the people who came for my friend and me,” he stated.
Okechukwu said it took the intervention of traders and community leaders from the Oduade Market before they were eventually released, adding that the incident caused significant financial loss to their businesses.
Onyejekwe, who confirmed the development while sharing the post on his Facebook wall, wrote, “How my friend Caleb Okechukwu and I were kidnapped by Orile Igamnu police division in Lagos.”
When contacted, the state police command spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, said efforts were ongoing to identify the officers.
“Efforts are currently underway to identify the officers. We will communicate the outcome of the investigation to you.”
The alleged abduction comes amid growing public criticism of police misconduct in the state, with several residents in recent times accusing operatives of harassment, extortion, and illegal detention, especially at night patrol points.
PUNCH Metro reported in September that a student, Olawale Ayomide, accused officers attached to the Igbeba Police Station in the Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State of extorting N99,000 from him.
The victim, who narrated his ordeal to PUNCH Metro, said one of the officers forgot his official cap in his vehicle after allegedly perpetrating the act.
According to Olawale, the policemen stopped him while he was travelling in his mother’s vehicle from Sagamu to Ijebu-Ode and accused him of driving a car without a number plate.
He said that despite explaining that the car belonged to his mother, who was still processing the registration documents, the officers ignored him and insisted he should follow them to their station.
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