Justice For Uzoma Okere
Posted on Sunday, November 9th, 2008 at 9:26 amBy Bella
Uzoma Okere was driving on Muri Okunola Street in Victoria Island Lagos on Monday, 3rd of November 2008. The sirened convoy of Rear Admiral Arogundade came along and she did not maneuver her car out of the way quickly enough. She was then dragged from her vehicle and brutally beaten and stripped of her clothing. She was even forcibly moved to a secondary location, Palm Kernel House located at No. 253 Muri Okunola Street where the physical assault continued. Apparently her ‘offenses’ included not moving quickly enough then 
The incident was in broad daylight and many witnesses saw what happened. There have even been video uploads of parts of the assault on the internet – HERE
There is an ongoing investigation into the matter. The Presidency is said to be aware and I know that Uzoma has met with Lagos State Governor Fashola.
There is a campaign to ensure that justice is served and this isnt swept under the rug like many similar incidents.
See details below.
In a week where the USA celebrated ‘change’ and progress with the election of Barack Obama, in my opinion, Nigeria took another step back as a young lady (it hits so close to home and is so startling that it could have been me or you!) is assualted in broad daylight. Lets do something and ensure that this never happens again!
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From Ebun Olatoye
Dear All,
I was with Uzoma Okere in Alausa yesterday and at the Ministry of Justice therafter where we edited the petition to ensure it was explicit about what we want.
But let’s not celebrate yet. The battle has just begun.
It ends when we justice has been served. And we will keep at these protests until justice is administered on the rating monsters.
If you want to lend your voice to the injustice, please come to 14 Muri Okunola at 12.30p.m on Sunday November 9.
We will be there till 3pm with a video camera to record the faces and voices of incensed Nigerians.
From there we will proceed to University of Lagos where filming will continue at 4pm- 7pm in front of Moremi Hall. Similar filming will take place on Sunday in London, New Jersey and Beijing.
We all have a responsibility for what happened. We permit it by not speaking.We intend to broadcast the footage on local and international television in order to inspire shame in each one of us as individiuals and in our government.
We will continue to air the clip on rotation until justice is served. Please spread the word. We look forward to seeing you there on Sunday and please send this to all your friends on facebook.
Ebun Olatoye.
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Y not let the young woman substantiate her accusation in court. Haven’t u heard of fair hearing?
If u accuse someone of doing anything wrong the onus is on u to prove beyond reasonable doubt.
I can bet that so many people would be shocked to know that the Rear Admiral was not even @ the scene when it happen and to make matters worse the young lady was the aggressor
Let her face the courts and state her side of the story and stop hiding behind screens.
We know what happened
@Tunji dear friend of Arogundade. YES we know what happened. Arogundade’s people beat the sh*t out of her for not moving quickly enough and then went on to strip her for ‘insolence’. I mean God forbid this girl had the audacity to challenge officers of the Very Important Person who is a Rear Admiral in our society. The man who owns the road called Muri Okunola, he built it with his money abi, he trained himself in the Navy with his own money not Nigeria’s money abi!!!! Our country’s money should not be USED to ABUSE its citizens. Your friend and his henchmen are terrorists. Rich, power obsessed Nigerians don’t deserve to beat up women on the street. It is her right to challenge idiocy and regressive thought processes like yours and Arogundade’s men! And thank God justice has been served in a court of law. N100million naira in damages. YES, NOW WE KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED…JUSTICE AT LAST!
Yes,she has substantiated her argument in court,the savage brute and the navy have been ordered to pay her a hundred million naira,which to me is too poor.But I take consolation in the written apology arogundade has been ordered to write to her and have same published in four national dailies,the judge should have ordered him to go on national television and read the apology;FOR FULL EFFECT
tessa i agree with you, wateva her dad might have done was not n shld not be a drivin force of torture on innocent people…unless we would all suffer brutality for the sins of our folks…..i put myself in her shoes wen i watch d video…and wouldnt have done different…..democracy? does that mean anything in Nigerian governance?
[...] so concerned about her injuries. Can you imagine that happening in Nigeria considering cases like Uzoma Okere’s. There are hardly any women’s shelters, access to counseling is sparse and bad advice is [...]
b4 now i have been hearing in d media about d naval assault on uzoma bt i didnt want to pass any judgement.After seeing d video of d share brutality meted out to this defenseless girl, i now know that not only should Harry Arogundade be court martialed but should be made to face d firing squard.At his level of authority, he should know when to display honour, care and and utter regard for fellow human beings not to talk of d weaker sex.am totally outraged by this show of shame. For crying out loud, what is d big deal if a naval officer’s convoy is blocked?What even if he were d President? that means Uzoma would have been shot just like that!d Navy is not only guilty of this, same goes for Army, Air Force, Police and can u also imagine, d paramilitary.Yar’Adua MUST do something about this recklessness authorised by a senior serving naval officer if he is truly a custodian of RULE OF LAW.
“d Navy is not only guilty of this, same goes for Army, Air Force, Police and can u also imagine, d paramilitary……”
paramilitary here does not just mean civil defense….imagine task force on sirened convoy….
shame to the nation
Here are your words sadam…..¨¨Though they had no excuse, this Lady Must Have shown Her self….Tht possibly have vexed those naval ratings People avoid most of these military convoys, bullion vans cos their wahala too much…¨¨
Are you trying to justify the reckless and crude actions of men in uniforms??? you have no head man please don¨t spoil my good day for me abeg.
Replying to Nero abi na wetin u call u name, u are ridiculously stupid for saying the girl must have shown herself, she was mutilated for what, mehn!!am sure u have a sister and hopefully one day this happens to her and your open ur smelling mouth to say that. You are heartless as those cop, well u need to shut up ur mouth and never speak again.
No, zazzy, you misunderstood, nero was actually chastising sadam for saying that. Zazzy was quoting sadam and saying that what sadam said was wrong.
Oh my bad,now i get it, well that ignorant sadam needs to be castrated.
u should be castrated first..
This is totally ridiculous….i still cannot believe such things can still happen anywhere on earth and nothing can be done about it.. i must add this…Sadam i read all your comments and this is what i have to say to you…I think you are the biggest fool i have heard of….how can you advice these ladies to stop the cause…after all the ¨special treatments¨you have seen these monsters in military uniforms mete out on innocent citizens and ladies for that matter….you better have a rethink dear because i believe you do not have a sister..
cant u see his name? saddam…..much like the one that was sentenced to death by hanging in iraq
Sadam you are a fool for thinking otherwise. Assuming it was your MOTHER, WIFE OR SISTER that was beaten and disagraced in public your stupid arse wont be chatting nonsense. I wish you the same fate that befell uzoma.
Hey Lucy or wht ever
I revert ur cause to u.
u re an Idiot
sadam you are a twat
Try n control ur Gut
it is time for us as a nation to raise up against the likes of FOC Arogundade and his dogs. they abound everywhere, “agbero boys” beating up innocent bus drivers simply because of N20. What happend to Ms. Okere must stop. Our leaders have failed to fix the bad roads, create jobs, build better hospitals and other infrastructures, but yet, will use siren to chase us from the road, the road belong to every Nigeria. in fact this madness must stop.
here in the uk, the nobody uses siren except the emergency services eg ambulance and fire service. even the mayors up to the prime minister do not use sirens. rather their travel routes are plotted ahead of time, and adequate security is put in place along these routes. why should 9ja be an exception?
Same time let us be realistic about this case
Though they had no excuse, this Lady Must Have shown Her self….Tht possibly have vexed those naval ratings
People avoid most of these military convoys, bullion vans cos their wahala too much…
she self for done commot for road….This is nigeria..
Well Sadam, I guess we should call the ‘lady’ a heroine then for what I would term ’standing up to injustice’ and not ‘vexing’ some naval ratings. As you have clearly stated, their wahala is too much and so looking at the silver lining here, we should be greatful for Uzoma’s case which seems to be helping to reduce the ‘wahala’ in the long run..If we all avoided the military convoys, it will greatly hinder any movement towards a proper democracy and you and I will be the worse for it.So let us embrace positive change and not try to remain in the current state of affairs. Uzoma’s case is beneficial to you and I. I am personally happy she did not move out of the way as much as I am sad that she received such a bashing, but atleast a lot of good is coming out of it.