Mohammed Bashir, a 25-year-old tailor, has died while in Police custody, SaharaReporters can report.
The incident happened at Sengere Police Outpost, under the Kofare Divisional Office, in Yola, Adamawa State.
Mustapha Atiku Ribadu, a relation of the deceased, told SaharaReporters that Bashir was brutalised to death in the hands of a Police officer, simply identified as ‘Kaka’, for refusing to confess to a crime.
According to Ribadu, “The 25-year-old Muhammed Bashir was taken to the said police outpost on Friday, August 10, 2018. He was arrested based on the suspicion that he bought some stolen wrappers. On Saturday, when an elder brother to the suspect took food to him, he was also detained. The next day being Sunday, a certain Police officer, popularly known as ‘Kaka’ descended on the duo, beat them mercilessly to the point that Muhammed became unconscious.
“From there, he…
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