Lawyer alleges losing pregnancy to police harassment

<p>An Ogun State-based lawyer, Yemisi Adebayo, has narrated how she lost her pregnancy after she was allegedly molested by policemen from the state police headquarters at Eleweran, Abeokuta.</p>, <p>Adebayo told PUNCH Metro in an interview on Saturday that she was picked up by three policemen on Monday, July 31, 2023, at her office in Oju Ore, the Ota area of the state, after they told her she must follow them to Onipanu Police Station, along Obasanjo Road in the state.</p>, <p>She said the policemen came with a man identified as Niyi, whom she had earlier followed to the police station when he (Niyi) was invited by the police over a land matter.</p>, <p>She noted that trouble began when she accompanied Niyi and four other persons to the police station because they were invited over a land matter they had nothing to do with. She said the five persons were released to her and that she was to be bringing them upon request by the police.</p>, <p>Adebayo said, “They said those five persons were occupying a piece of land at Ota. When they were invited, the said complainant did not even know them. The matter is already at the court, they only occupied the vacant place as apprentices that they are, and the resolution was that they should vacate the place with which they complied.</p>, <p>“But on Saturday, an officer called me saying that he wanted to see those five persons again at Onipanu Police Station, Obasanjo. I said I would inform them. I said they could also call them since they had their numbers.”</p>, <p>Adebayo said she had a court case at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday and had already informed the five persons to go and meet the police on that day.</p>, <p>She added, “They (the policemen) came to my office on Monday and asked me to accompany them to the police station. I entered the vehicle. I saw Niyi and asked him if he was the one that brought the policemen to my office and he said no. So I entered the car and followed them.</p>, <p>“While on our way, when we got to Obasanjo, I expected th