Abuja hotel owner cr+es out after policemen, accompanied by their DPO, allegedly invaded his facility, d£stroy£d items, arrested all staff and guests and demanded N500,000 as bail for each individual

Nigerian policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Gwarinpa in Abuja, Babale Hamza Galadima, in a Gestapo manner, have invaded Hotel VIMA in the 1st Avenue area of Gwarinpa, arresting all occupants and d£str@ying properties in the hotel.

According to Sahara Reporters, obtained videos of the d£str¥ction left by the policemen during the incident which occurred on Sunday night at about 11:30 pm. The pictures and CCTV videos on Monday showed doors and room furniture d£stroyed by the policemen during the invasion.

Whereas, the hotel guests arrested and taken to the Gwarinpa Police Division have been asked to pay N500,000 as bail to secure their freedom.

Saddened by the incident, the Manager of the hotel identified as Wayne said that all the staff of the hotel were still detained in the station as of 5:45 pm on Monday, July 15, 2024.

He said, “At about 11:30 pm on 14th of July 2024, some men of the Nigerian police stormed our hotel in a way that we thought it was a robb£ry seen. All customers and visible staff were har@§sed, b£aten and deh¥man#sed, property was d£stroyed, and everyone on the scene was arrested and taken to the station.

The operation lasted for about an hour, only the receptionist and gateman were allowed to stay back.

Some laptops were taken, money from the Front Desk was taken and some of our customers’ money was also taken.

The following footage from our CCTV captured,” he narrated.

Some CCTV footage the manager shared with Sahara Reporters showed staff and guests including a family with little kids marched outside and ordered to sit on the floor.

It also showed one of the police officers carrying st#cks which were said to have been used to b£at up the hotel guests.
In one of the videos of the aftermath of the invasion, the doors were brok£n and chairs were dam@ged. The food one of the guests was eating was seen abandoned on a table.

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