Young man marks one year of being brutalised by a drunk Nigerian police officer
- A Nigerian man has thanked his friends and family members for helping him after he was brutalised
- The man who was allegedly brutalised by a drunk police officer celebrated a year after the horrific incident
A Nigerian man identified simply Ataifiok Udoma has thanked his friends and family members for nursing him back to health after he was allegedly brutalised by a Nigerian police officer.
In a post shared on Facebook, the man revealed that he was attacked by a police officer attached to a bank in Cross River state. Udoma who identified the police officer as Francis Haruna alleged that he was hit on the head with a gun.
According to Udoma, he was seriously injured after the police officer hit him on the head with a gun. He noted that he was in pains for a year, adding that the injury also affected his spinal cord which left him in pain.
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The man also noted that some members of the Nigerian police tried to cover up the incident but others helped him. He revealed that he took the case to court and a verdict would be given soon for justice on the crime committed against him.
Udoma also noted that God changed his story with abundant blessings after his surgery. He said that after he was nursed back to health he had the opportunity to train as a real estate agent and serve the country.
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Read story below:
"December 21, 2016, remains memorable to me, many who saw me on that day had given up hope on me, they all thought my end had come.
Mr Francis Haruna a mobile police officer attached to first bank of Nigeria Abak road branch tried his gun hitting skills on my head and broke my fine tiny head thereby sending me to the land of pains and briefly to the land of attempted death.
Special thanks to friends who carried me around hospitals, Benjamin Asuquo, Stephen Akpan, Jones Inyang and to my family who abandoned all things and stood by me all through my days on hospital bed and after, special thanks to the numerous friends who visited me and made me feel loved and important while in hospital, thanks to Ifreke Nseowo-Connoisseur, Nairaland, Fredrick Usen and others who lend me their voice on media when I had no voice, I appreciate my leaders, Ubon Marcus, Effiok Nkanta et al.
Special thanks to all those who threw blames on me on Facebook even without knowing what happened.
Some members of the Nigerian police force tried to cover up their colleague but thanks to those honest police officers who had refused to be biased and sentimental, my case was a clear case of attempted murder by an officer under the influence of alcohol, the court shall make her verdict in due time
After the Neuro-surgery, I survived amidst all odds, I couldn't walk, I couldn't see, I had pains living with me in my spinal cord but even before today December 21, 2017, being exactly one year after, God had change my story.
I got the priviledge of being refined by Jide Taiwo and co estate surveyors and valuers they had polished and develop my real estate skills,
I went for NYSC orientation, stayed in camp and participated in all her trainings, stood under the hot sun and early morning harsh cold of Niger state and I did not collapse.
That guy that didn't participate in last years Christmas and New Year celebration is inviting you all to join him in thanking God come this Sunday 24th DEC 2017 @RCCG my Father's house parish Osongama by 10:00am.
It would have been my memorial service but God changed things. Trust me when I say God loves me more."
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