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CLO urges CP to probe police torture of suspects

The Civil Liberties Organisation has called on the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, to investigate the alleged torture of a...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief September 21, 2020
Updated September 21, 2020 at 11:18 AM
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The Civil Liberties Organisation has called on the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, to investigate the alleged torture of a truck driver, Jelili Ismaila, and his motor boy, Bankole Amidu, arrested during a road accident in the Sango Ota area of the state.

The CLO noted that the suspects, detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Abeokuta, were accused of causing the accident which led to the death of a policeman.

The civil society, in a joint release with the Masses Education Against Crime Initiative, and titled, “Our stand on the allegations of murder of a police constable,” asked the police to ensure fairness and justice in the incident.

The CLO said the CP must probe the incident impartially although one of their personnel was killed.

The CLO said, “Our organisation believes in hearing from both sides. Therefore, we went to the Sango Police Division, where the matter was reported, and we also moved to the scene of the incident to hear from the eyewitnesses, but it was a different story from what the police told us.

“We want to categorically say here that; it was not the driver or his motor boys who invited thugs as claimed by the police after the road accident. Also, none of the suspects attempted to burn a police escort vehicle which was at the scene of the accident.

“On our visit to the state command, we discovered that the suspects have been beaten mercilessly by the police, and this is against Section 34 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 and the Anti-torture Act.”
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