See How a Police Superintendent Tortured a Carpenter to Death

This is a very shocking news on how a Superintendent of Police who is now arrested and detained, allegedly tortured a 21-year-old carpenter to death in Lagos State.

We also gathered that The Lagos State Police Command has been arrested and detained an Assistant Superintendent of Police identified as Salawu Kazeem, and two accomplices, Yusuf and other unknown, on Tuesday for allegedly torturing a 21-year-old carpenter, Ganiyu Akinyemi, to death in the Aboru area of Lagos State.

According to Punch Metro, on Monday at about 5pm, the ASP and four men had come to the deceased’s apartment on Victor Fagbemi Street, Aboru. They had reportedly accused the carpenter of stealing three T-shirts in a house where he went to work the previous week.

It was learnt that the house, where Ganiyu allegedly stole the shirts, was also

where the ASP lived. The ASP later arrested Ganiyu and told his family that he would detain him at the nearest police station.

When the family members went to the Oke Odo Police Division around 7:00pm, the 21-year-old was not found there, while no report had been made in the station. The family members were called on the telephone around 3:00am on Tuesday that he was admitted at the Oke Odo General Hospital.

He had reportedly sustained injuries on the knees, hands and forehead and when the family members got to the hospital, they were said to have been met by one of the men who followed the ASP to the house. They were also said to have been told by a doctor that Ganiyu was dead.

The matter was thereafter reported to the Oke Odo Police Division on Tuesday and the ASP and two of the men were arrested, while two others escaped.

It was learnt that the ASP reportedly begged the victim’s family at the police station, saying Ganiyu’s death was a mistake.

Speaking with Punch Metro, Ganiyu’s father, Alhaji Akinyemi Ibrahim, who is also the chairman of the community development association, said he released his son to the men because he saw the ASP’s identity card and trusted that his son was being taken to a police station.

Ibrahim added that he was shocked to realise that Ganiyu was taken to the complainant’s house, where the ASP also stayed, and was tortured till he became unconscious.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, confirmed the ASP’s arrest, adding that the case would be transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for further investigation.

“The police cannot confirm yet whether the ASP and the men killed the victim or not because investigation is still ongoing. The police officer and two others have been arrested, and the case will be transferred to the SDCI today (Wednesday), where detailed investigation will be carried out.”

Source: Punch