Fauzziyah Ebunoluwa, a female police officer attached to the Lagos Police Command has decried her detention by the police after notifying the force of her resignation.
Ebunoluwa, popularly known as an
Apiculturist/Beekeeper, works in the religious department of the Command.
She narrated her ordeal in a series of tweets
shared at about 1.07 am on Thursday, saying she was detained without
interrogation and denied toiletries.
The police authorities in Lagos had allegedly
asked Ebunoluwa to report to the Command on Wednesday to meet with the Deputy
Commissioner for an interview, unbeknown to her she would be detained.
“I never saw this coming. I have never
thought I’ll be put in detention without interrogation. All I did was try to
resign. I have been trying to resign from the Police since last year but my
letters were not approved.
“My boss had called me to show up yesterday
24th of May to meet the Deputy commissioner for an interview. I thought they
were finally going to approve my resignation but the only words I heard was
that I should be detained to be tried and dismissed.
“Due to the shock, I couldn’t say anything as
the officer led me away. Later, I heard that I should have begged and cried but
my lack of reaction worsened the matter. I cried a river after it all dawned on
me.
“I have not taken my clothes and shoes off
since yesterday. I can’t even change my sanitary pad. My migraine is throbbing
at full speed and my head is about to Explode from exhaustion.
“My mother has called that she has been
advised to come and plead that I will continue working. I have been working for
6 years and I think it is fair to let someone go and aid them to leave if they
do not want to stay anymore.
“I don’t know how long I’ll be here for but I
really need to sleep. If the women at the provost office had not given me some
Paracetamol yesterday afternoon, I may not have survived until now. I don’t
know how long I will be here for but I’ll appreciate a blanket with sanitary
pad.
“The cold is about to snuff my life out. As I
sit here through the night and the mosquitos hum in my ears. I keep talking to
them to ask them why someone who could have stamped my letter and put me
through on what to do will have me held down and humiliated instead.,” her
tweets read.
The officer’s disclosure has generated over
723,000 engagements on Twitter as Nigerians demand an explanation from the
Lagos Police Command.
Consequently, the Command’s spokesperson, Ben
Hundeyin, said Ebunoluwa is being detained for absconding from duty for 21 days
without leave or permission, adding such an act was a “flagrant disregard for
the conditions of service she willingly signed to”.
He noted, “It is one thing to turn in your
resignation. It is another thing for the application to be processed, upon
which you receive your discharge certificate. Till you get the discharge
certificate, you remain a serving member of the Force, bound by all extant
rules and regulations of service”.
Hundeyin confirmed that Ebunoluwa will
commence her orderly room trial on Thursday for indiscipline and maliciously
bringing the “name of the Force into disrepute by distorting/misrepresenting
facts – a discreditable conduct that amounts to another disciplinary offence.”
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