Ms. Love Dooshima, the individual who recently gained significant online attention for her commentary on a bread product, has come forward with her account of being detained by the police.
Dooshima reported to the Zone 7 police station in Abuja on Tuesday, April 20th, and was reportedly held until the early hours of Wednesday, April 21st. Her release, according to human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong, followed the intervention of the Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu.
In a video shared publicly, Ms. Dooshima, who is a widow, described the treatment she received upon arriving at the station. She stated, “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, I am very sure they didn't read because some things that were happening and said, showed they didn't read my statement.”
She expressed that the police's actions suggested they were already siding with the owner of the bread company. Ms. Dooshima asserted that the police Assistant Inspector General (AIG) ordered her detention when she refused to surrender the bread in question.
Dooshima maintained that the bread was her sole piece of evidence and she was unwilling to hand it over carelessly. She recounted that the AIG became visibly irritated by her stance and immediately ordered her arrest and detention.
Furthermore, Ms. Dooshima shared that her engagement with public health awareness began after her husband's death in 2000, which she attributes to an injection he received. She recounted the incident, stating, “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 he was taken to a very big general hospital. The doctors were on strike, unknown to us. When he got there, it was a medical students that were attending to him. I was very young then. I saw some moves and I asked questions. ‘Don’t give him injection, he didn’t eat in the morning' ‘is that Anagin? No please don’t give him’. and they were like, 'are you a medical personnel or something? That injection went into my husband. Before they could remove the syringe, He started jerking, foaming in the mouth and then he passed. Everyone I told said ‘you can sue the hospital. they kpaid your husband’ and I said if I try it, I will just disappear in this state. That matter is de@d and buried.''
Ms. Dooshima also mentioned that during the recent bread controversy, a young woman known to her family was battling a severe kidney-related illness and tragically passed away within three weeks.
"We are ingesting too many toxins in food, cosmetics, environmental toxins….and so on my page I talk about taking care of your hormones, avoiding too many processed things and trying to eat more natural things," she explained, linking these concerns to her broader advocacy for healthier living.
Below is a video of Ms. Dooshima recounting her experience:
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