The police allegedly tortured the deceased to death
Policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Makurdi,
Benue State have been accused of beating to death a student of the
Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi identified as Samuel Chimezie
Emeagwu.
It was gathered that the boy was beaten to a pulp and tortured by
the police. Trouble started when the deceased misplaced his phone where
he was sitting with a friend. As he couldn't find it, he decided to call
his phone using another number. To his surprise, the phone rang in
another boy’s pocket. Out of anger, he seized the boy and started
beating him.
After the altercation, the boy who stole the phone called SARS
policemen who arrested and brutally tortured the deceased, but on
noticing that the deceased health condition was deteriorating, they
alerted his family who then rushed him to the hospital. Unfortunately,
the boy died.
The parents of the deceased boy is demanding for justice from police authorities. The matter is now under investigation.
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