Siblings narrate harrowing tale of how soldiers allegedly beat them, collected their phones over allegation of theft

- Two siblings have narrated how they were beaten by soldiers, and their phones taken, over an allegation of theft

- The brothers had been returning from a mall with their friends when one of them was accused of stealing a phone from a bus passenger

- The boys were subsequently beaten by soldiers who didn't even ask what happened, and their phones were taken from them

- The Lagos police spokesman, Chike Oti, says the matter would be investigated

Two siblings, Warif and Quadris Aregbesola are said to have narrowly escaped being lynched by two men suspected to be personnel of the Nigerian Army over an allegation of phone theft, at the Maryland area of Lagos.

According to Vanguard, the siblings were returning from the Ikeja Shopping Mall where they had gone to hang out on Tuesday, January 1 in the company of two friends, when the incident occurred.

Legit.ng gathers that as they were about to board a commercial bus heading towards Onipanu, one of the passengers suddenly alleged that his phone had been stolen by Quadri.

Quadri, during an onterview, narrated what happened, saying: “Immediately I entered the bus, I discovered there was space for only one person and I alighted to join my brother and our friends. One of the passengers raised the alarm that I had stolen his phone and held me.

"When my brothers tried to intervene, they started beating them, accusing them of being members of my gang. Two of them went to call our parents, leaving my brother and I at the mercy of the crowd.

“Two soldiers came and, without asking what happened, they descended on us. They tied our hands and started beating us. Moments later, my mother called me on my phone to enquire what happened and one of the soldiers told her we stole.

"She told the soldiers that she was coming to where we were, that they should wait for her. But immediately after the call, they changed their mind on taking us to the barracks.

“They collected our phones, removed the SIM cards which they gave to us, before handing both phones to the man that accused us of stealing his phone and went their separate ways.”

He continued: “Three days after recovering from the beating, one of my brothers, who identified one of the soldiers, took my parents to his house but we did not meet him at home.

“My parents reported the matter at the Alade Police Station, where one of the soldiers who beat us was invited. He admitted before the police to have collected my phones.

"The police officer told him that what he did was jungle justice that he should have, at least, asked questions on what happened or brought us to the police station. As I speak, our phones have not been retrieved.“

The Lagos State Police Command spokesman, Chike Oti, when contacted, confirmed that a distress call of an altercation was received on January, 1 by the Maryland Shopping Mall.

He, however, added that nobody was found at the scene when policemen deployed to intercept the parties reached there.

Oti noted that the matter had not been reported at the Ikeja division, under which jurisdiction is Maryland. The spokesman, however, added that the matter would be investigated.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that an 18-year-old secondary school-leaver, Amadu Atajan, was allegedly tortured to death by some soldiers attached to the Special Task Force, Sector 7, Sha District, in the Bokkos local government area of Plateau state.

Atajan reportedly died from internal injuries he sustained in the hands of the soldiers.

The victim was assaulted on the account of his friend who reported a case of a stolen phone to the men.

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