It was learnt that the victim was attacked on Saturday, August 17, after being mistaken for a police informant. The attack came after officials of the Lagos State Task Force had raided motorcycle parks in the area and seized some of the motorcycles in the process.

Gbolahan, who spoke from his hospital bed, on Sunday, explained that he was passing by, from his brother’s house, when the angry motorcycle riders accused him of being a police informant and pounced on him.

Gbolahan said efforts to prove his innocence proved abortive as they continued to attack him on the spot. He claimed to have struggled by running into a building to seek cover, but the aggrieved riders caught up with him and continued to beat him.

He added that different dangerous weapons were also used to attack him before some Good Samaritans intervened and rescued him from them.

 Gbolahan however lamented that some of the police officers on duty at the station almost prevented him from accessing the premises due to his outward appearance.

He was later allowed in before his brothers came around and took him to the hospital. He further stated that efforts to get the perpetrators apprehended had been unsuccessful, alleging that different reports made at the police station were not acted upon.

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