Update on the pepper sellers who were tortured in Ejigbo

A few days ago, some of you watched the video of the
beating and torture of 2 women for allegedly stealing
pepper.Well, there's
an update. Ever since the video was made public, a few
people have been working behind the scenes to find the
men who did this. Some sort of breakthrough has been
achieved with the involvement of the Chairman of Ejigbo
Local Council of Lagos. He's worked his socks off on this
case since some people got in touch with him.It's now time to pile
pressure on the Lagos State Govt and the Lagos State
Police...

Kehinde Bamigbetan:

I promised an update in 24 hours: This incident took place
in the central market, Iyana Ejigbo, Ejigbo LCDA in February
2013. The pepper sellers normally leave their goods in
their stalls. They returned the next day to discover that
their goods were being stolen. They reported this to the
vigilante they hired to secure the market.

About 6am, the
two women were allegedly caught stealing pepper. They
were a wife and her step-daughter. They lived near the
market with the husband. The husband is said to be a wine
tapper. After the barbaric torture, both confessed to
stealing the pepper and were let go.

However, a few
members of the vigilante feared that the case may spread.

And informed the leadership of the vigilante group. Those
involved were allegedly penalized and the gang disbanded.

The scene was then converted to shops and rented out. I
have reviewed these with the DPO and both of us are
bothered by the impact of the time lag of over nine months
on investigation. This may also explain the initial denials by
the stakeholders. We are working on getting the wine
tapper to trace his wife and daughter involved. If he has
not relocated from Ejigbo, then we have a good chance of retrieving information and tracking the story.