My Son Was Tortured To Death By Ondo Police – Father Seeks Justice
Father of a 20-year old boy, Mohammed Oluwatobi Badmus, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, calling for justice as his son was allegedly tortured to death by officers of the 'B Division' of the Ondo State Command of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF).
Last week, Oluwatobi Badmus died in Akure at a private hospital after he was allegedly tortured by men of the division over allegations concerning a cell phone. He was the only son of a popular hotelier, Raheem Afolayemi Badmus, who owns the Ages hotel at Ajipowo Estate on Ondo road.
According to the father, when Tobi came home to break the Ramadan fast with him during the week at his residence, the father promised to deal with him over his unholy behavior during the fasting period, but Tobi ran away from the house to his uncle's place in Okuta Elerinla Estate.
The father believes that the supposed law enforcement agents tortured his son, a graduate student of Idris Premier College at Ilesha Garage Akure, by giving him large dose of chemical substance to inhale. As some time after he was released from the police station, he died.
"The elder sister (Oluwaseun) told me that she was in the house at the early hours and was called by one of our neighbors who asked her to come to Danjuma Street where she was told that they wanted to see her because his brother (Tobi) had stolen a smart phone in a prophet's church," the father said.
In the petition sent to the IGP, signed by his lawyer, Bakare Asani, Mr. Badmus alleged that Tobi died has a result of injuries received in police custody.
According to SaharaReporters' investigation, Prophet Bisi Adedugbagbe of the Celestial Church of God, Ife-Oluwa Parish in Akure told his close friend and officer at the police division, Corporal Adesola Awodeyi, to arrest the late Tobi and to torture him to make him confess to the crime.
According to Tobi's sister, three police offers, led by a corporal with the name tag 'Adesola Awodeyo', held several talks with the Prophet at the front of the Police station before they arrested Tobi.
"Close to an hour later, the prophet and the cohort (Policemen) with whom he carried out the plot came out with my brother with his face swollen and his eyes bulged as well blurred and reddish and couldn't compose himself while he can't also stand on his legs," Tobi's sister said.
Oluwaseun further stated that instead of the policemen to take Tobi back inside the station, he was handed over to them with directions that they go home. On their way back home, her brother’s condition worsened as he was crying, vomiting, holding his stomach and complaining of a headache.
It was learnt that the boy was rushed to the State Specialist Hospital Akure, but because of the ongoing strike of doctors, he later was taken to a private hospital clinic, 'Hope Land Hospital' at Lafe junction in Akure, where Tobi died.
A nurse of the clinic anonymously said that a medical report indicated that the deceased inhaled a thick dose of some chemical substance that damaged his brain and caused a serious disorder in his body system before he died.
Days after Tobi’s death, Oluwaseun said that the police, in an effort to cover up the case called her to come over to the station to write a statement for the deceased because they had forgotten to one, but that she declined.
The public relations officer of the Ondo State Command, Oluwole Ogodo confirmed that the incident was reported in the police station, and that the Akure Area Commander has been asked to commence an investigation into Tobi’s death. He said the findings would be made public when concluded.
He confirmed that the killer policeman and the prophet are already under arrest.
Source: Legit.ng
