See What Residents In Broad Daylight Were Caught Doing To A Soldier Accused Of Killing Security Man

Tundeednut 11/26/2020

Civilians have the right to make an arrest and it is known as Citizen's arrest but in doing so, there are laws they have to abide by. A civilian making an arrest is only allowed to temporarily detain a suspect till the police arrive, and should not apply unwarranted brutal force, else the arrest will be regarded as illegal and the civilians would face criminal charges.

Civilian residents in an area known as Satellite town, Lagos state detained a naval officer who they accused of leading a squad to beat up a security man who later died but they broke the law governing a Citizen's arrest. Instead of waiting for the police to arrive, they decided to take laws into their hands

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'He led a squad to beat up some security personnel guarding the estate yesterday and one of the security personnel died as a result of the beating and he came back for more trouble today but was caught' - an eye witness alleged

The man putting on a white vest in the image below accused the soldier of brutalizing him and also snatching his phone, but in the soldier's defense, he said that he was the one who pleaded to his colleagues to not hurt the man.

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On why he came back to the area after beating up some security men the previous day, the soldier explained that he got a call from his course mate residing in that area who told him that policemen were around and wanted to inquire about the incident and so he came to explain himself and not to cause more trouble. The civilians then requested that he called his coursemate over. View pictures in App save up to 80% data. View pictures in App save up to 80% data.

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See What Residents In Broad Daylight Were Caught Doing To A Soldier Accused Of Killing Security Man