Two policemen have been ejected from their apartments at the Pedro Police barracks in Lagos State for allegedly playing loud music.
It was gathered that five policemen from the Police Provost Department on Wednesday allegedly broke into the rooms of the two policemen identified simply as Corporals Ebi and Peters to effect the ejection.
Policemen at the barracks told The Eagle Online that they were surprised when the team arrived at about 12noon on Wednesday and started removing property from the apartments.
A source told The Eagle Online: “Trouble started for the policemen when a team of senior police officers, led by an unnamed Deputy Inspector General of Police, allegedly from the Force Headquarters, Abuja, was at the Pedro Police Barracks on March 5 on a tour of the barracks.
“The DIG heard loud music coming from one of the corporals’ room and immediately ordered that he be ejected from the room.
“The corporal has a wife and two children.
“The DIG moved to another building and heard loud sports commentary coming from a room.
“The corporal was not at home.
“It was his younger brother that was listening to sport news.
“That was how the DIG ordered that the occupants of the room be ejected too.
“We thought it was a joke.”
The policemen said they, however, saw the seriousness of the order when a letter, signed by CSP London Aloba, on March 14, 2013, with the title: “Quit Notice,” ordered the men to quit their apartments before March 20, 2013.
The letter said failure to comply could lead to forceful ejection and disciplinary action as the apartment has been assigned to other policemen.
“We were surprised and this is very sad,” some officers said.
The policemen added that the occupants of the rooms were not at home when their apartments were broken into.
One of the officers at the barracks added: “There were five officers that came.
“Four men and one light in complexion Woman Corporal.
“The policemen and their families had gone out but when information got to the wife of one of the affected policemen, she ran home and saw all her property outside and their door broken.
“She started taking pictures of the vandalised property but the officers from the Provost Office later came back and asked her to move the property back into the room, that they have been given two more weeks to vacate but she sat down crying.
“She was helpless and sad over the incident that fellow policemen could treat her husband so crudely.”
Policemen of the rank and file cadre expressed disappointment with the police high command for treating them with disdain.
One of them said: “This barrack needs a lot of repairs and all the DIG saw was the music.
“We need a better barracks and to be treated with dignity.”
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