The victim, 29 year-old Kazeem Oyolola, had been a resident of Ajayi Ibe Street in Agege area of Lagos state, for about a year and half.
Reports says he died at a private hospital in Agege on Friday after the beating by the policemen.
The late Kazeem and two of his friends were taking drinks at a bar, when police van with four policemen allegedly drove into the street to have them arrested for being suspected Internet fraudsters (419), otherwise known as Yahoo boys.
At the station, the policemen had allegedly tortured the three men to make them confess to the crime, during which Oyolola slumped.The policemen then rushed him to a nearby hospital in the area, and allegedly told the medical personnel that Oyolola was drunk.
However, as a result of the wounds sustained, he was said to have passed in the hospital at midnight in the presence of his parents who travelled to Lagos after they learnt of his arrest.
A tenant who begged for anonymity told Punch newspaper that, when she visited him at the hospital on Thursday evening, Oyolola’s hands and legs were swollen, and he could not speak.
“When I got to the hospital, his parents had arrived to look after him. His hands and legs were swollen. His mouth was wide open and he could not talk. You could see several bleeding spots all over his body. I do not know what information the police received, but I can tell you that Kazeem is an easygoing man in this area. He is a trader who deals in Aluminium products, and he has a younger brother who stayed with him. He should not have died in this cruel way.”
It was gathered that on Friday morning from about 10 am, a large number of aggrieved youths in the area protested Oyolola’s death to the police division. However, they were said to have been resisted by the Rapid Response Squads, who allegedly shot into the air to scare away the protesters.
We say NO to Police brutality on presumed innocent citizens biko.
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