Opinion
Truck Driver Sues Nigeria Police Inspector-Common, Others, Seeks N50m Compensation Over Unlawful Detention, Torture, Dying Of His Son
Olumide Adesina, a truck driver, has sued the Inspector Common of Police, Mr Baba Alkali and Osun state police commissioner, Wale Olokode over the loss of life of his son, Olufemi Oriyomi, aged 21, who allegedly died in police detention.
The go well with was filed at an Osun State Excessive Courtroom.
The cost sheet reveals that SUPOL Isaac Omoyele, Inspector Omoboriowo, Inspector Lekan and Officer ‘Baba Bolu had been included as defendants within the go well with.
The PUNCH stories that the claimant requested the court docket for an order compelling the respondents to pay him a sum of N50 million as compensation for the alleged unlawful arrest, torture and detention that led to the loss of life of his son.
He additionally requested the court docket for an order for the discharge of the corpse of the deceased which he mentioned was nonetheless being withheld by the police.
Equally, in an affidavit in assist of the originating movement, Adesina mentioned one Kehinde Olayade, who was detained along with his son, after his launch, informed him that the police operatives subjected them to dehumanising torture.
He added that the well being situation of the deceased, who was arrested with Olayade and Raimi Sheriff, in Safejo Space, Ile-Ife on Thursday, April 7, on the suspicion that they had been concerned in web fraud, deteriorated whereas in detention and he later died.
He additional mentioned Olayade additionally knowledgeable him that just about all police operatives on the station the place they had been detained beat them with sticks and machetes, insisting they have to come clean with being ‘yahoo boys’ (web fraudsters).
“That they had been handcuffed and put in a cell, even with blood popping out of their our bodies.
“That Femi might barely sit, as he was writhing in ache, however the policemen wouldn’t care to hearken to his complaints.
“That on that night time, Femi couldn’t sleep and everybody within the cell, even these they met there have been crying, seeing the nice agony the boy was experiencing, even with handcuffs. That the boy couldn’t eat, would wee and cross excreta on himself, even until Wednesday, thirteenth April, 2022.
“That later within the afternoon of Thursday, 14th April, 2022, when Femi wouldn’t cease groaning below ache, he was taken out once more, however was not introduced again.”
