Former Big Brother Naija star Tuoyo Ideh has accused operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of assaulting him during a raid at Proxy Nightclub in Victoria Island, Lagos.
Gossip News Now earlier reported that Tuoyo, socialite Pretty Mike, and more than 100 other guests were arrested during the late-night operation on Sunday, October 26.
In a video shared on his Instagram page Monday night, Tuoyo recounted the harrowing experience, saying he had attended the club as a promoter after helping clients reserve a table when NDLEA officers, accompanied by military personnel, suddenly stormed the venue.
He explained that despite being cleared of any wrongdoing, he was detained alongside other guests and taken to the NDLEA office in Ikoyi, where officers allegedly refused to release anyone even after verifying they had nothing illegal in their possession.
According to Tuoyo, he made a social media post to alert the public about his arrest so people wouldn’t assume he was fabricating the story.
He further alleged that he was later taken outside, forced to roll on the ground, and beaten with sticks, saying at one point, “I thought I was going to die.”
BBNaija’s Tuoyo Shares Painful Details Of NDLEA Assault, Says He “Thought He Wouldn’t Survive”
Tuoyo claimed that after enduring a brutal beating from the officers, a female NDLEA official eventually intervened to stop the assault — but still ordered him to perform frog jumps as “punishment,” even though he was already in severe pain.
Recounting the ordeal, Tuoyo said:
“I had barely sat down for 30 minutes when I just heard, ‘Everybody go down!’ I tried to look up and saw people in black with military personnel. They checked everything — my bag, socks, shoes — and didn’t find anything.”
He explained that after posting about his arrest on social media to alert fans, several officers confronted him.
“About 30 or 40 minutes later, a woman walked in, pointed at me and said, ‘He’s the one.’ Then five guys rushed at me, slapped me, and one shouted, ‘Na you go post abi?’ They started beating me, hitting me with sticks and kicking me as I rolled on the ground. I was breathing so fast — I thought I was going to give up. I’ve never been beaten like that in my life.”
Tuoyo shared a video of himself visibly injured, captioning it:
“Nigeria finally happened to me. I can’t even stand or lie down properly. The pain the NDLEA officers inflicted on me after beating me like a criminal is not funny. We live in a country where our human rights are taken from us and there’s no freedom of speech.”
As of the time of filing this report, the NDLEA has yet to issue any statement in response to Tuoyo’s allegations.
