The late police inspector Monday Orukpe of the police command in Lagos State had two autopsy, and the results showed that the officer passed away from an assault, various injuries, and blunt force trauma.
The Nigerian Army Cantonment Medical Center, Ojo and the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) performed the autopsies.
On Thursday, the widow, Favour Orukpe, released the reports.
Orukpe was killed on August 3 as a result of an alleged altercation between Ojo Cantonment soldiers and some police officers in charge of the local traffic.
The pathologist O.O. Onayemi of the Department of Pathology and Forensics signed the LASUTH autopsy report on October 27. It was revealed that Mr. Orukpe died as a result of multiple injuries and blunt force trauma.
The Nigerian Army’s autopsy report signed by I. Agueze revealed that the primary cause of death was assault, while the secondary cause was a head injury.
Ms Orukpe stated that her husband had not been buried because of the delay in releasing the autopsy reports and the Nigerian Army’s investigation report.
She added that though the autopsy reports were now released, the Nigerian Army had yet to release its investigation report to determine the culprits.
A spokesman for the Nigerian Army, Olaniyi Osoba, said the joint committee of the army and the police investigating the case was still sitting.
Mr Osoba explained that the report would be out when the committee concluded its findings.
(NAN)