Governor Ambode’s Convoy Nabs Airforce Cadets Who Lock A Boy In Car Trunk (Photo)

The convoy of the Lagos State Governor,
Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday
apprehended two Airforce cadets in Mile
12 area of the State while dehumanizing
an artisan, Dahiru Lawal for allegedly
breaking the windscreen of a Chrysler
Stratus car with registration number
KRD 267 DV.
The cadets – Peters O. Solomon and
Abdullahi Fahad, who claimed to be
Airforce personnel attached to the
Airforce Base in Ikeja, had forced Lawal
in the boot of their car after dragging
him on the ground for the said offence.

Governor Ambode, who was returning
from an inspection visit to Agbowa in
Ikorodu, saw the situation and swiftly
intervened to save Lawal who was
gasping for breath.
Governor Ambode wondered how such
inhuman treatment could be meted to a
fellow citizen just for slightly breaking
the windscreen of a car.
When questioned by journalists, the
cadets admitted putting Lawal in the
boot of their car. The claimed that Lawal
tried to escape after breaking the
windscreen and ran into the nearby
market where they eventually chased
and apprehended him.
Peters said: "What happened is that the
boy broke the windscreen in front of my
car. When I stopped, I asked him to
come, the boy ran away. We have to
drag him back and put him in the boot."
"I kind of threatened his boss that he is
working with and when his boss came
and looked at what he did to me, that
was when I put him inside the boot for
the remaining ones to go and call the
boss. Not that I locked the boot, I only
put him inside the boot, but I did not
lock the boot," he said.
Also Abdullahi said himself and Peters
were along Mile 12 after visiting a friend
when they heard a knack on their
windscreen and they saw Lawal
attempting to escape.
"We now run inside the market and
dragged him (Lawal) down. I was even
asking who he is working with because
I want to see his Oga since I know he
cannot repair my damaged windscreen.
I want to see the man he is working
with so that we can settle everything
with him. I now told my colleague that
we should hand him over to Airforce
police at the Airforce Base," Abdullahi
said.
Lawal gave his own story
Narrating his ordeal in the hands of the
cadets, Lawal who hails from Kaduna,
said he mistakenly damaged the
windscreen with the load he carried,
and that he took to his heels because he
was afraid of what they might do to
him.
He said: "I ran into the market and they
pursued me and caught me inside the
market. They started beating me and
dragged me to their car."
"I ran because I was afraid of what the
cadets might do to me, while my boss
and people around begged on my
behalf, but their pleas fell on deaf ears."
"The police also came to plead with
them to open the boot but they insisted
on taking me away and it was at that
point that the convoy of the Governor
arrived to rescue me from the boot of
the car where they kept me," Lawal said.
He added that he lost his cell phone and
the sum of N5,000 which he was having
on him at the point that he was being
dragged on the floor.
Governor Ambode has ordered that
Airforce Officers be handed over to
police for possible prosecution.