Policeman assaults tricycle rider for wrongful parking (Punch)

A tricycle rider, Jamiu Oriade, has accused a policeman, identified as Samson Mayaki, of assaulting him for wrongful parking.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Mayaki allegedly attacked Oriade last Wednesday around 9pm in the Sabo area of Lagos while he was waiting to pick his sister.

Oriade told our correspondent that Mayaki assaulted him with a plank for allegedly parking in front of his car.

He added that efforts to get the cop arrested had proved abortive as he was said to be connected to high-ranking officers of the force. Read more