A Benin-based tailor, Johnson Eze, on Monday told the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses, how the police arrested him over an allegation that he was gay, tortured and extorted N100,000 from him.
Also, he said he was unlawfully detained for three days at the Iyekogba Police Station in Benin on the orders of the Area Commander.
He said that he was abused and coerced to sign a statement already prepared by the police.
Similarly, two other victims, Hyacinth Inhanrebhor and Pascal Omozee, told the Edo Judicial Panel that they were forced to pay N50,000 and N60,000 respectively on the claims that they were homosexuals after being arrested by policemen and taken to the same Iyekogba Police Station.
#EndSARS: Ex-Edo commissioner seeks N1bn compensation over son’s death
The 18-year-old was allegedly killed by a trigger-happy police officer as he was going to watch the reality show, Big Brother Africa, at a cyber cafe close to his house in Benin City.
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Johnson Erimafa, a former commissioner of Agriculture in Edo State, on Tuesday requested the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses to grant a N1 billion compensation to him over the death of his son who was killed by a police sergeant in 2003.
Mr Erimafa said his 18-year-old son, Paul, was killed by a trigger-happy police officer, identified as Kalejaye as he was going to watch the reality show, Big Brother Africa at a cyber cafe close to his house in Benin City.
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A Benin-based tailor in his mid-30s, Johnson Eze, on Monday told the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses of how the police arrested him over an allegation that he was gay, tortured and forcefully extorted N100, 000 from him.
Eze, who said he was detained at the Iyekogba Police Station in Benin on the orders of the Area Commander for three days, alleged that he was abused and coerced to sign a statement already prepared by the police.
Similarly, two other victims, Hyacinth Inhanrebhor and Pascal Omozee, also alleged that they were made to pay N50,000 and N60,000 respectively on the claims that they were homosexuals after being arrested by policemen and taken to the same Iyekogba Police Station.
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‘How I lost my pregnant wife to unlawful arrest, detention by police’
A 33-year-old farmer, Osazee Agbontaen, has narrated to the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses, how he allegedly lost his pregnant wife due to his unlawful detention by police operatives.
Agbontaen, who resides at Ekowe Community in Ovia Northeast Local Government area of the state, told the panel that his wife who gave birth by cesarean section died while he was remanded in prison custody.
He added that he was arrested unlawfully based on a petition written against him and was detained for two weeks before being sent to prison.
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