Punch gathered on Thursday that the NBA scribe had gone to the police station to secure the release of one of his clients, who was allegedly detained by the police for a traffic offence.
Sokoya, on getting to the police station was said to have told the Divisional Traffic Officer, Joel Bode, that the offence which his client was being detained for was unknown to the law but this was said to have infuriated the police officer.
The insistence of the NBA secretary to see his client was said to have further annoyed the policeman who ordered the lawyer to leave the station. The lawyer was said to have refused to obey the policeman’s order, saying the police station was a public place and the officer had no right to chase him out.
The angry officer allegedly attacked Sokoya and later asked some of his subordinates to bundle him out of the station.
When contacted on the telephone by our correspondent, Sokoya confirmed the assault, saying he was treated in a hospital after the attack.
He said he was beaten and bundled out of the station on the order of the police officer and suffered injuries and also lost his wedding ring during the attack.
