A yet-to-be identified female officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC narrowly escaped death when suspected political thugs swam on her over an undisclosed cash gift from a politician on Sunday in Kwara State.
The mother of one, was accused by the hoodlums of preventing them from collecting money from a former House of Representative member during the turbaning of a newly appointed traditional title holder in Ilọrin.
Turbaning is a ceremony in Hausa-Fulani culture, in which someone is formally installed in a new position of power or traditional importance in the Community.
A witness told Daily Trust that “They (political thugs) beat her to a point of coma leaving her with swollen face and hands. She woke up later at the hospital where she was rushed to”.
Another official of NSCDC who also witnessed the incident alleged that the victim wanted to fire ammunition but was cautioned by another officer because of the sensitivity of the environment – the Emir’s Palace in Ilọrin immediately she came down with her firearm during the shoving.
Spokesman for the Nigeria Police Command in Kwara State, Ayoola Michael said, “It was an accident”.
“The story they told me was that it was a minor accident that occurred during the programme while a vehicle she was in was already on the move but she mistakenly missed her step and fell down when the hoodlums were trying to collect money from the former house of representative member”, according to him.
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