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Emmanuel Macaulay, who resides at the Police Officers' Quarters in Ikeja, Lagos State, says his landlady, a female deputy superintendent of police, ordered his eviction and brutalisation.

Mr Macaulay petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Marvel Akpoyibo, over the issue. He said that in the morning of November 22, 2010, his landlady, Ngozi Judea, said to be serving at the Force Headquarters Annex in Obalende, came with thugs who she ordered to forcefully evict him from the one room he had rented from her since July 2009. "It was early in the morning at about 7am when she came with three guys," he said. "She used teargas on me. They beat me up, threw my things outside and threw me down the stair case. I was only in boxers (shorts) when one Okada man pitied me and took me to the police state command before I went for treatment at Plato Hospital, located at PWD Bus Stop in Ikeja. I was burning. My body was red as a result of the tear gas."

Mr Macaulay, who is a businessman and student at the University of Lagos, said in the course of the alleged brutality, he lost his Blackberry and Nokia mobile phones and the sum of N820,000 belonging to a client who had paid him for the purchase of a car. "Sir, please I want you to use your good office to look into this matter and ensure justice for the voiceless like me and help recover my stolen properties and money," read the letter which was acknowledged by the commissioner of police on the same day..

How it all began

According to Mr Macaulay, in June 2009 he met one Mama Ada, also resident in the same police quarters located along Oba Ladejobi Street. She acted as the agent who introduced him to Ms Judea. One month later, in the presence of his sister, Hope Macaulay, who was then five months pregnant, and Mama Ada, he said he handed Ms Judea N150,000 as two years rent payment for a one room in her boy's quarters; with his tenancy to elapse July 2011. He said six months into his tenancy, Ms Judea first expressed her disapproval over his fraternity with other residents of the police quarters. This later degenerated to her cutting his power supply when she asked him to pay exorbitant electricity fees. "Look at the wire which supplies me electricity from her house in front," he said. "She cut it just to ensure she frustrates me to leave before my rent expires. When she saw I connected my light from another tenant, she later called me one day on the phone and told me she wants me to pack from the BQ. She never even suggested wanting to refund my money. I don't know why but I suspect she wants to give the place to one man that has come here several times."

Never ending investigations

At the Police Provost Unit of the Lagos State Police Command, where Mr Akpoyibo referred the case to, it was discovered that all parties were invited in view of resolving the problem. An officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said M. Judea has not being cooperative with the case. "We investigated and we discovered she was at fault," he said. "But she is well connected and there are people who are covering her. But we've done our own and that is why we came and ordered he (Mr Macaulay) should move back in."

Subsequently, officers from the unit packed Mr Macaulay's property back into the house, and asked Ms Judea to refrain from further victimisation. The state police spokesperson, Frank Mba, said from his enquiry, Ms Judea did not collect any money from Mr Macaulay. "The matter is being investigated," he said. "But the lady in question says she gave him the place purely on humanitarian grounds. As regards the claims he was beaten, you can't see one sign of any injury. I mean if you see someone beaten, you will know. We should not allow ourselves to be used for blackmail."

But Mr Macaulay says he is bewildered and scared. "Why would she give me a place for free?," he said. "We are not family. There is nothing connecting us, except the money I gave her. Right now I am living here in fear. I am telling my story should anything happen to me so that the world knows."

A Minnesota teenager had to have his testicle amputated after
being punched in the groin by a classmate, KARE11.com reported
Friday.

David Gibbons, 14, was changing classes in his Crosby, Minn. high school when he was attacked by another student playing a game
called “sack tapping.”

David’s mother, Christy Gibbons, said it wasn’t until hours later that they realized something was wrong.

"One o'clock in the morning he woke me up and told me he was in excruciating pain," she said.

David was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Brainerd, Minn. where surgeons removed his right testicle.

And David is not the only student who has suffered the consequences of the “sack tapping” game.

"It's just gotten way out of control," said Dr. Scott Wheeler, a urologist in Brainerd, Minn. who says he performs three to four
surgeries a year on boys with ruptured testicles and other
complications as a result of “sack tapping.”

"One o'clock in the morning he woke me up and told me he was in excruciating pain," recalls Christy Gibbons, David's mom. Not long
after, David was in surgery at St. Joseph's Hospital in Brainerd having
his right testicle removed.

"This may be called a game, but it's not a game. It's dangerous and it needs to stop," said Christy.

It's a notion seconded by Dr. Scott Wheeler, a Brainerd urologist.

"It's just gotten way out of control," said Wheeler, who now performs "three to four surgeries a year" on boys with ruptured testicles and
other complications of being groin punched - with dozens more coming in
with less severe injuries. "It's high school, junior high, elementary
school," said Wheeler.

Dubbed "sack tapping" by some students, the practice is now featured in dozens of homemade videos on YouTube.

"We're gonna see who our first victim is," says a student in one video before punching an unsuspecting male student in the groin as he
walked down a school hallway.

It is painful to watch and Dr. Wheeler says increasingly common. "All parents, you need to have this talk with your kids not to do it. It's
lost its humor. It's not a game anymore. People get hurt."

"I don't know how to stop it," said David, who says he's been the recipient of similar attacks in the past. His parents pulled him out of
school and are now planning a move to a different school district.

Jamie Skjeveland, superintendent of Crosby Ironton schools, says the investigation of the incident involving David is complete, but he
declined to comment on any disciplinary action for privacy reasons.

On Wednesday morning the Gibbons are scheduled to meet with Crow Wing County Attorney Don Ryan to learn if criminal charges will be filed
against the other student.

"This kid doing that, he should definitely be held responsible for that," said Denny Gibbons, David's dad.

Doctors have told David that even though he lost a testicle in the attack, he should still be able to have children someday.

David's mom mostly wants other parents to be aware. "I seen the pain he was in. I seen what he went through every day, and it just breaks my
heart and I don't want any other child to have to go through this."