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Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Policeman turns blind after assault by naval rating
Having served in the Nigeria Police Force for about 30 years,the plan of ASP Emmanuel Mbilla was to retire in
2018 after which he would set up his own private
security firm.
However, Emmanuel’s dream was cut short on
February 22, 2014 after a life-changing encounter
with a naval rating, Warrant officer Unaji Enejor,
in the Kirikiri area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the 50-year-old victim
was attacked in the eye by the naval rating,
causing him to lose his sight completely.
It was learnt that prior to the attack, Emmanuel’s
left eye had already been damaged by Glaucoma.
The victim’s landlady, Mrs. Olasumbo Agunbiade,
who witnessed the incident, told our
correspondent that trouble started after Enejor
drove recklessly and rammed into Emmanuel’s
wife’s shop.
She said, “I am the landlady of the property at 25,
Agunbiade Street, Kirikiri Town, Apapa.
Emmanuel’s wife, Caroline, sells drinks right in
front of the house. Around 3.30pm on February
22, Emmanuel and his wife were seated in front
of the shop when a man in a red Honda car
rammed into their shop.
“When Emmanuel accosted the driver, the man
alighted from the vehicle and identified himself as
a navy man and Emmanuel in turn, identified
himself as a police officer. The man wanted to
leave but Emmanuel told him that he could not
leave without at least apologising and the navy
man just used his car key to poke Emmanuel in
the eye.
“Emmanuel fell to the floor and started
screaming, ‘I have lost my sight’. When the navy
man saw the severity of the injury he had inflicted
on Emmanuel, he jumped into his car and sped
off. However, as residents were chasing him, he
drove into a gutter and we arrested him.”
Our correspondent learnt that as residents were
attempting to take Enejor to the Kirikiri Police
Station, two of his colleagues on a motorcycle,
arrived the scene and started beating the
residents in a bid to rescue their colleague.
It was learnt that a few minutes later, the crowd
was able to overwhelm the navy men and the
suspect was taken to the Kirikiri Police Division
but was later released.
However, there was no respite for Emmanuel who
was taken to about four hospitals where he was
told that he may never see again.
A medical report issued by the Eye Foundation
Hospital and signed by Dr. Olufemi Oderinlo, the
Consultant Opthalmic surgeon/Vitereoretinal
specialist on March 3, stated that the victim would
need to be flown abroad for treatment for any
hope of regaining his sight.
The report read in part, “At his (Emmanuel’s) first
visit, visual acuity in the right eye was light
perception with poor projection and no
perception of light in the left eye. Examination of
the ocular adnexae revealed severe lid oedema,
moderate ptosis, severe sub-conjuctiva
haemorrhage and chemosis with sustured
multiple scleral lacerations.
“Anterior segment examination revealed a deep
anterior chamber found with air, sutured cornea
laceration and hyphema in the right eye.
“The prognosis for vision following retina
attachment surgery was adjudged very poor and
he was advised accordingly. He desires to seek a
second opinion abroad.”
The victim’s older wife, Patience, told PUNCH
Metro that life had been hard since her husband
went blind.
Patience said her husband, who is attached to the
State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba,
required 24-hour monitoring and this had
affected the family.
She called on well-meaning Nigerians and the
government to come to their aid.
She said, “I am asking Nigerians, the government,
and especially that of Abia State to come to our
aid. We are asking Senator Uche Chukwumerije,
who represents Abia-North, to help us. We have
been seriously affected and we have spent so
much on my husband’s treatment. Also, we are
demanding for justice for my husband.
“The Commissioner of Police is aware of the
matter. Nobody is above the law. My husband did
not fight the navy man but is now completely
blind as a result of a savage and brutal yet
unprovoked attack. Unfortunately, he was
released while my husband was still in the
hospital.”
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