Love Dooshima, the woman who gained viral attention for her claims about a loaf of bread, has recounted her ordeal at the police station in Abuja. She was invited to the Zone 7 police station on Tuesday, April 20, and detained until the early hours of Wednesday, April 21.
Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong announced on Facebook that her release followed the intervention of the Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu. In a video shared online, Dooshima, a widow, described how she was treated upon arriving at the station.
“I was treated as a criminal on my arrival. My phone was confiscated. I couldn't make calls without standing in the presence of the police people with the entourage that came with the BON bread woman. I made my statement, but I am very sure they didn't read it because some things that were happening showed they didn’t read my statement,” she said.
She claimed the police were biased in favor of the bread owner. Dooshima stated that the police AIG ordered her detention after she refused to provide the bread in question. She explained that the bread was her only evidence and she could not hand it over casually. The AIG, irritated by her stance, ordered her immediate detention.
Dooshima also revealed that she began raising awareness about health issues after her husband died from an injection in 2000. “I have been in Nigeria for 53 years. I will be 54 in August. Nigeria has happened to me several times. My husband had a car crash in 2000 and was taken to a big general hospital. The doctors were on strike, unknown to us. Medical students attended to him. I was very young then. I saw some moves and asked questions. ‘Don’t give him injection, he didn’t eat in the morning. Is that Anagin? No, please don’t give him.’ They asked, ‘Are you a medical personnel or something?’ That injection went into my husband. Before they could remove the syringe, he started jerking, foaming at the mouth, and then he passed away. Everyone I told said, ‘You can sue the hospital, they killed your husband,’ but I said if I try it, I will just disappear in this state. That matter is dead and buried.”
She added that during the bread incident, a young girl close to her family was fighting for her life over a kidney issue. Within three weeks, the young lady passed away. “We are ingesting too many toxins in food, cosmetics, environmental toxins. On my page, I talk about taking care of your hormones, avoiding too many processed things, and trying to eat more natural things,” she said.
