Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Tuoyo Ideh, has shared his detailed account of what transpired during the NDLEA raid at Proxy Nightclub, Victoria Island, Lagos, an incident that led to his arrest alongside over 100 other guests in the early hours of Sunday, October 26.
In a video posted on his Instagram page on Monday, Tuoyo
said he had gone to the club as a promoter after helping clients book a table
when NDLEA operatives and military officers stormed the venue.
“I had barely sat down for 30 minutes when I just heard,
‘Everybody go down!’” Tuoyo recounted. “I tried to look up and I saw people
that wore black, and I saw military personnel. Then after some time, they stood
us up, checked me, checked my bag, checked every single thing from me, and they
checked my socks, checked everything. They didn’t find anything at all.”
He explained that despite being cleared, he was taken into
custody with other guests and moved to the NDLEA office in Ikoyi. According to
him, the officers refused to let anyone leave even after confirming they had
nothing illegal.
Tuoyo said he decided to post on social media to alert
people about his arrest so people would know what was happening and not think
he was making things up.
“I posted on my social media platform, and I’m like, I have
been arrested by the NDLEA for no just cause, which basically was a no just
cause, because I was not found with anything at all. Then after like 30
minutes, or 40 minutes, I just see a woman just came and pointed, the people
just ran away from the office, and just pointed me, ‘he’s the one.’ Like five
guys literally rushed towards me, they first brushed me and slapped me… and one
even said, ‘Na you go post abi?’ They were beating me.”
He alleged that he was taken outside, ordered to roll on the
ground, and beaten with sticks.
“As I was rolling on the floor back and forth, they were
hitting me with sticks, kicking and slapping me. I was breathing so fast; I
thought I was going to give up. I’ve never been beaten like that in my life,”
he said.
Tuoyo claimed a female officer later intervened and stopped
the assault but insisted that he should be “punished” by doing frog jumps, even
though he could barely move due to pain.
He also displayed bruises on his hands, thighs, and back,
saying he had to visit a hospital afterward.
In the caption accompanying his video, the reality star
wrote:
“Nigeria finally happened to me. I can’t even stand or lie
down properly. The pain the NDLEA officers inflicted on me after beating me
like a criminal is not funny. We live in a country where our human rights are
taken from us and there’s no freedom of speech.”
The NDLEA has not yet responded to Tuoyo’s allegations as of
the time of filing this reportA.
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