Photo: Okada rider brutalizes man over right of way

A commercial motorcyclist popularly known as Okada rider Sunday Adekunle, 25, has brutalised Sunday Braimoh, a worker in the Press department of The Nation.

The incident occurred near The Nation office on Fatai Atere Way, Matori, Mushin, Lagos last Thursday.Braimoh was injured on his left eye.

The victim was attacked in front of a plastic manufacturing firm by Adekunle and four other men. They beat, dragged him on the ground and left him with a bruised face.

The case was reported to Area D Police Command, Mushin, following which operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) attached to the command arrested Adekunle.

Braimoh has since been taken to Mushin General Hospital for treatment.

Surprisingly, Adekunle’s colleagues bemoaned the attack, appealing to the police to jail him.

One of them said the assault on Braimoh was unjust and barbaric.

“The man (Braimoh) is not at fault. He was walking down the pathway where Adekunle and others sat, blocking the way. Braimoh told them to excuse him but they did not respond. Before we knew what was happening, they had all started beating him,” he said.

But Adekunle, who lives in Ikotun, denied the allegation. He said he knew nothing about the matter.

“I am an Okada rider. I was actually chased to the Okada park and beaten up by four guys who were upset with me for refusing to give them a free ride. It was in the process that they also punched Braimoh and beat him.”

Braimoh, however, countered Adekunle’s explanation, insisting that Adekunle was one of those who assaulted him.

“He is lying. He is one of the boys who brutalised me. They were standing on the walkway at the entrance of the plastic manufacturing company when I was passing by. They punched me when I asked them to leave the way, so I can have an easy passage. They beat me and dragged me on the ground, a development, which left me with a deep cut and bruises on my face. I lost a lot of blood,” he added.

[The Nation]