The family members of Eche Israel, an electronic dealer at Alaba International Market, Ojo Lagos have raised an alarm over the whereabouts of their man who was shot and arrested by the men of Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
Israel was allegedly stopped on Friday while coming from his work around 6pm. He was searched and after some moments he queried the search conducted on him and ask his bike rider to move on.
The officer shot him at the waist and put him in the boot of the car they brought. The officers also shot at air when the residents of the area were approaching them and they drove off.
A cousin of the victim, Mary Israel, said a family friend, who witnessed the shooting, called the attention of the family to the incident.
She said they had been to different police stations in the state, including the SARS office at Ikeja, adding that Eche’s whereabouts had remained unknown.
She said, “He deals in electronics in Alaba market. He had finished the day’s work and was going to his house at Ajegunle around 6pm on Friday when the officers asked him to stop. They parked a red vehicle beside the road.
“They found a Samsung phone on him and some money. The man questioning him was not in uniform, so he argued with him and asked why he was being questioned. The policeman held him by the trousers when he asked his motorcycle rider to move on.
“They shot him in the waist. The motorcycle rider fled. He was thrown into the boot of the vehicle and the policemen drove off.
“They didn’t find anything incriminating on him. He is not a robber or a thief. He has his business and a family. He is a responsible man.”
Another family member, Blessing Israel, said the policemen were identified with their police-crested AK-47 guns, adding that one of the men also flashed his ID card at residents when they tried to mob them.
“We have been to SARS Ikeja, Mile 2 Police Station and the Federal SARS at Alagbon. We just returned from the Adeniji Adele Police Station. They all said there was no suspect named Eche Israel with waist injury in their cells. Where else can we go? There has been no word about him since last Friday,” she added.
