A Nigerian man, Absalom Elli has raised alarm alleging that some
operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS stormed their shop
and arrested his brother for allegedly selling pipes to criminals who
used it to manufacture guns.
Elli who revealed that his brother sells building and manufacturing
materials wondered how security operatives would arrest his brother for
selling goods he doesn’t know how or what the buyers use it for.
The sad incident took place on Monday, January 22.
He wrote: “Nigeria is dead and gone, SARS came to our shop
today and took my big brother away, that we are selling pipes to
criminals to manufacture guns, we deal with pipes, building materials, I
have never heard that 7/8 light pipe or galvanized pipe is used in
producing guns, the two people they came with on a handcuffs said they
don’t know us and we don’t know them, we’re is the receipt to show that I
sold pipes to you?
No receipt, even though you they come with receipt, I have no
business with whatever you’re doing with the pipes, because what we deal
with is building materials, now check this pipes here and see if there
is any pipe for gun making here, as I’m telling you they’re demanding
for sum of 150k for his bail, this is an injustice.
they didn’t even allow him to call his lawyer, they seized his
phone, now they called me to come and meet them in their office with his
lawyer, I called the lawyer he said he can’t make it today, that simply
means he is going to sleep there for the crime we know nothing about.
Nigeria is a frustration.”
He added: “My brother is sleeping in detention today again for
no reason, I’m boiling I swear, the only Miracle I want this year is to
end Nigeria. They’ll meet us in court, it won’t just end like that.”