A police officer, Inspector Gambo Gadzama, has disclosed that police officers don’t torture suspects, but rather intimidate them into telling the truth.
Gadzama said this on Wednesday, March 23, while addressing members of an “Endsars” panel in Abuja.
Reacting to questions regarding the alleged killing of one Obinna Jonah in a police detention facility in Abuja in January 2020, the officer insisted that the deceased was never to#tured as alleged in a petition by the deceased’s family.
According to him, “Nobody tortured anybody. We don’t to#ture suspects, we only scare them with words like ‘I will beat you’ so they can confess.”
He explained that Mr Obinna was arrested as a member of an armed roobery and cult gang on January 29, 2020 after the leader of the gang confessed and named 13 other members of the gang. He said Mr Obinna was indisposed at the time of his arrest and his condition worsened in detention.
“The next day, he sl#mped and was rushed to Area 1 police clinic, where he was confirmed dead on arrival. His body was deposited at the Wuse General hospital mortuary by the investigating team leader,” he said.
Adding that they couldn’t do autopsy because they couldn’t track any of Mr Obinna’s relations.
