Tillaman: Singer speaks on alleged assault by policemen

Tillaman narrates how he was manhandled by Nigerian police officers.

Tillaman was allegedly assaulted by men of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday, October 30, 2017, at the busy Lekki-Epe expressway.

In a phone conversation with Pulse, the musician revealed what transpired between him and the men of the police force.

According to Tillaman, he had just opened a bar and was coming from the site when he was stopped by men of the police force close to Abraham Adesanya estate in Lekki.

 

"I was trying to stop at the police checkpoint, but there was a trailer coming behind me with full speed, and I was trying to tell the police officers to allow me to pack my car very well because the trailer might have a failing brake since it is coming with full speed, so, I had to use my survival instincts to move car a bit from the checkpoint.

"Even the policeman ran away from the checkpoint because the trailer kept coming at full speed. The next thing he corked his gun, told me to get down from the car, started searching the car, while he was at that he kept on abusing and cursing me," he said.

An angry Tillaman went to disclose how the officers started harassing him immediately he parked the car

"He asked for my phone, he didn't even ask me to introduce myself, I was just playing along because I didn't even introduce myself as the son of the Alaafin of Oyo. While this was going on my friend, a lady was recording everything. He tried to assault her and I just in told him if he was doing the right thing then you wouldn't be assaulting anyone.

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"The next thing he had, the gun on my chest, directly on my chest threatening to kill me. I then used my left hand to remove the gun from him, all of a sudden my survival instincts just clicked in while we were arguing other officers came. They came with a tear gas gun, I then introduced myself to their boss who came out of the truck as the son of the Alaafin of Oyo, it is engraved on my body,

Their oga who happened to be Yoruba saw it and became scared because the other officer was already dragging me to the station but the boss after recognising me as the son of the Alaafin of Oyo decided to work me down to my car.

"So I was like if I was not the son of anybody that's how they would have handled me anyhow," he concluded.

 

When asked if he was in the hospital, he said he wasn't in the hospital because it didn't get that bad. He also said the reason he is putting this out is for everyone to know what happened. Tillaman also revealed that he has a video of the whole incident and is waiting for the appropriate time to put it out.