BY IFEANYI OKOLIE

LAGOS — Mrs. Balikis Ajiboye, whose husband, a Lagos-based businessman, Toba Ajiboye, was arrested by the police in his apartment at Surulere area of Lagos in connection with the latest crisis by Akala boys of Mushin area of Lagos, has called on the Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, to allow her see the husband.

Balikis, who spoke with Vanguard yesterday in Surulere, said she does not know if her husband is dead or alive, stressing that the police has denied her, Toba’s relatives and the lawyer access to her husband.

According to her, Toba is not well as he was beaten and stabbed on the neck and other parts of his body by hoodlums who accompanied the policemen that arrested him in his apartment.

She also explained that her husband was a former Unit Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Mushin, but he went into business after he was removed from office.

She said: “Even after he left NURTW, they wouldn’t let him be. Some people at NURTW in Lagos State, who do not want to see him alive, are bent on killing him. When they are not sponsoring hoodlums in Akala to attack him, they will use the police, all because they want to eliminate him.

“He has relinquished the office they wanted but yet they won’t let him alone. Last week it was a combined team of policemen and some hoodlums from Akala that picked him from home.

“The armed policemen broke into our house and they found my husband in the living room with his friends. The policemen arrested and handed him over to the hoodlums who smashed bottles on his head and stabbed him in the neck and other parts of his body.

“His friends were also stabbed, after which they were all whisked away. No proper medical attention was given to my husband. I was told he was first detained with robbers at the Special Anti‑Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, and later at the Area F Command.

“The next day, they took him to search our houses in Ereko at Mushin and Surulere, where they found nothing incriminating. But ever since, I, his relatives, friends and even his lawyer have not set eyes on him.

“We were told at Area F that the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, Tunde Shobulo, who is handling this case ordered that my husband be transferred to State Criminal Investigations Department, Panti, Yaba, adding that no visitor should be allowed to see him, including his lawyer.

“I thought this was a joke and when we went to Panti, we were not allowed to see him. After pressing hard, they told us that Shobulo has ordered his transfer to Badagry. Where in Badagry? They didn’t tell us.

“I am not saying that my husband is above the law and he should not be arrested if there is a case against him, but the manner of his arrest was frightening.

“I fear something sinister is at play. If he is dead or alive they should let us know. I urge the commissioner of police to listen to my cries and allow me see my husband.”