'I was beaten, detained for 3hrs'
...says he was accused of being rude for questioning police Seventeen-year-old Samuel Adedoyin, a graphic designer, yesterday, narrated how some policemen attached to the Alagbado division of the Ogun State Police Command, allegedly dragged him out of a commercial bus, beat him and detained him for three hours for no reason. Adedoyin said he was on his way to Zion Hill Global Church on January 29, 2023, and had his ear pod on to listen to the ongoing service, which was being streamed live. On approaching Sango bus-stop, he said a mini commercial bus popularly called Korope he was in, was flagged down by a policeman. According to him, “When the Korope stopped, one of the policemen ordered me to alight. I removed my earpod and demanded to know why he asked me to come down. I showed him my phone and told him I was late for church and that the service was being streamed online. “He beckoned to his colleagues and told them I refused to alight from the bus. By then the bus driver had op...