Father of six tortured to death by policemen in Ogun

Policemen in Ogun State have allegedly tortured a mason, Adeshina Adewuyi, to death when they raided the Itoki community.

According to reports, the policemen, numbering about seven and attached to the Agbado division, picked up the deceased around 4pm on Saturday and ordered him to enter a bus they brought to the area.

Adeshina reportedly declined, demanding to know his offense. He fled thereafter and was chased by the policemen and arrested. He was said to have been beaten and bundled inside the bus.

He was however released at about 7am on Sunday with injuries on his back. He died when he got back after complaining of back pain.

One of Adeshina’s children, Jonathan, who witnessed the incident, said one of the policemen hit his father’s head with the butt of his gun.

He said in Yoruba: “I am an apprentice at an auto spare parts shop beside our house. On Saturday, some policemen came to collect money from my boss, but he said he did not have any. My father wanted to cross to the other side of the road, but they stopped him. He fled, but one of them chased him with a motorcycle while others followed.

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“They caught him and hit his head with the butts of their guns. He shouted for help, but nobody answered. The policemen dragged him inside their bus. I can identify two of them.”

Also speaking, the deceased’s wife, Mrs. Turanyo Adewuyi, while demanding that the erring policemen be brought to book, disclosed that the policemen gave her husband N500 to buy food and find his way back home from the station after torturing him.

She said: “My husband was a bricklayer (mason) and farmer. He was going to those working with him in a building opposite our house when the policemen arrested him. They did not find anything incriminating on him. He came back around 7pm, complaining of pains and headache. We bought paracetamol for him, but he vomited it. He died around 12am.

“The policemen that killed my husband must be punished. We have six children and the burden of their upkeep is now solely on me.”

In a rather swift action on the incident, a police source confirmed that the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, lined up members of the team and the deceased’s son identified two of the cops that tortured his father.

“The DPO had warned us to desist from acts that could dent the image of the force. He called for an internal parade and lined up the policemen on duty that day before the deceased’s son. The two cops he identified have been disarmed and detained. They will be transferred to the command headquarters in Abeokuta.”

Confirming the development, Ogun State Police spokesperson, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed that state Commissioner of Police , Abdulmajid Ali, had waded into the matter, noting that the policemen would face the weight of the law if
found culpable.

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