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They attacked me, cut my face – 3SC striker brutalised by soldiers

Adesina .O (Teekay) by Adesina .O (Teekay)
March 10, 2022
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Shooting Stars striker, Ebenezer Odeyemi, has narrated how he and his teammates were assaulted by soldiers while having dinner at a nearby canteen at Idishin – near the club’s camp at Jericho Road, Ibadan after the club’s training session.

Odeyemi, fondly called Lukaku, said he and his teammates, Adekunle Adeniyi, Sochima Elum and Chimamkpa Onwubuchie, saw the soldiers walk towards them but opted not to take to their heels as they were not guilty of any crime.

While Adeniyi, Elum and Onwubuchie managed to escape when they were attacked, Odeyemi could not and was lynched by the four officers.

Speaking with The PUNCH, Odeyemi said; “We were almost done eating when we saw these soldiers walk towards the canteen and as obedient citizens not guilty of any crime, we continued our discussion because we felt they were also there to eat as well.”

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“But they came there to beat us up. My teammates escaped just as they wanted to attack us and while I tried to run I fell down and they all attacked me. I had a cut on my face from the punches I received from them.

“I told them I’m a professional footballer with a state club (Shooting Stars) but they did not listen.”

Odeyemi added that he is recovering from the injuries sustained in the attack, but ruled out any chance of featuring for the Oluyole Warriors when they host Kano Pillars this weekend.

“My ankles are swollen and I have some cuts on my right toe, so I’m not sure I can play this weekend. I have severe aches over my body.”

The management of 3SC had reportedly written a petition to the General Officer Commanding, 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General A. B. Omozoje, over the incident, seeking for justice.

“These are players who went to have dinner and they were brutalised by security operatives who are saddled with the responsibility of saving lives and properties,” a team official said.

“We all must join hands and put an end to the brutality of the civil populace by uniformed men in our society. I will be glad if the victim is ready to enforce his fundamental right in court.”

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