The Irinyemi
family in the Epe area of Lagos has filed a N500m suit against
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, for the alleged extrajudicial
killing of a family
member, Oyetomi, in a cell of the Special Anti-Robbery
Squad in Ikeja, Lagos.
Also joined in
the suit filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos is the Lagos State
Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni.
Dairo, a
cousin to the deceased, who filed the suit on behalf of the family, said
Oyetomi was arrested at home in Epe on January 15, 2017 by policemen, who
claimed to be searching for some suspected kidnappers in the area.
The younger
brother of the deceased, Damilola, who deposed to an affidavit in support of
the suit, averred that despite informing policemen at SARS office that the
deceased had a terminal heart disease and that they should not maltreat him,
the operatives turned a deaf ear.
“All the
medical reports showing the various tests conducted on him to show that he
truly had a terminal disease were shown to the respondents to prove that he was
not a kidnapper as alleged, all to no avail.
“My brother
(Oyetomi Irinyemi) who, as a result of his ill health could not withstand the
severe torture, eventually died in the respondents’ custody towards the end of
January 2017,” Damilola stated.
The family’s
lawyer, Mr. Adebowale Bayo-Philip, is seeking a court order directing the
police to immediately release Oyetomi’s corpse to them and for the police to
pay N500m as damages for unlawfully torturing Oyetomi to death.
The lawyer
also wants the court to order the immediate release of one Ikuomola Adeyemi,
who was arrested by the police alongside Oyetomi.
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