By Chris Agbo
Association of Lawyers with Disability in Nigeria (ALDIN) has expressed dismay over the police brutality of their member, Kassim Lawal Esq, a blind person, the Abuja Chairman of Association of Lawyers with Disabilities in Nigeria (ALDIN) and member of the NBA FCT Chapter.
He was last night April 19, around 7:20 pm brutalized by a team of Policemen at Two-One, beside Infinix Supermarket, Kubwa area of Abuja when he was on essential duty, delivering food palliatives to other persons with disabilities, who were stranded owing to the covid-19 lockdown and gave out a distress call. The said policemen swooped on Lawal, clubbing him to the ground. They left him in bloodied and zoomed off.
In a statement signed by the President of ALDIN, Barrister Daniel Onwe and the secretary, Gauis Ogan, they decribed the incident as the worst form of lawlessness, ironically perpetuated by a law enforcement agency. Certainly, ALDIN will not allow this to be swept under the carpet.
The group hereby call on the Inspector-General of Police and the FCT Police Commissioner to ensure that the culprits are fished out to face the music.
The FCT branch and national leaderships of the NBA have also been notified of this development.
