Three police officers have allegedly beaten a Kwara State University (KWASU) student to death at the Tanke Bridge in Ilorin, Kwara State.
According to report, that the incident occurred when the victim got off a motorcycle and was approached by the three officers from the Ganmo Division, who then dragged him to the ground.
An eyewitness told SaharaReporters on Friday that the victim had arrived by bike to retrieve N1000 he had already transferred to a Point of Sale (POS) operator. He intended to give the money to the motorcycle rider who brought him.
“I was with him,” the witness said. “As soon as he collected the money, the officers came out of a tricycle and dragged him down. The deceased kept asking what offence he had committed, but they didn’t let him speak.”
The eyewitness further stated that the victim pleaded, saying he was asthmatic, but the officers ignored him.
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The witness said he confronted the police officers, questioning why they were assaulting the student. When asked what offence the victim had committed, the officers claimed they had come from Lagos on information about the victim.
“We asked if they were indeed tracking him from Lagos, they should call the headquarters or a divisional station to send a vehicle. They couldn’t give us a clear answer and instead tried to find a tricycle to transport him.”
“It got to a stage where I had to confront them. One of the police officers tried to cock his gun. I told him to shoot if they really thought they would get out of there freely, and another officer was saying, ‘Don’t shoot.’ “
The eyewitness told SaharaReporters that he felt distressed watching how the officers beat and mistreated the victim.
He said the deceased was a gentle and friendly person who frequently came to buy meat from him.
The victim’s friend is a Point-of-Sale operator, and the deceased often visited to play with his friend before leaving.
According to the eyewitness, the victim didn’t quarrel with anyone. “They were using their guns to hit him on his head, kicking him and handcuffing him. This is when he started to weaken.
The deceased drank six or seven bottles of water here,” the eyewitness stated.
He said he told one of the officers that the deceased was an asthmatic patient and shouldn’t be treated so cruelly, but the officer showed no remorse.
Recall that in September, SaharaReporters had reported that a trigger-happy police officer reportedly shot dead another student of Kwara State Polytechnic, identified as Ishola Abdulqoyum, along Panat Road, a link between Sango and ShopRite in Kwara State.
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