**In as much as he might be a key
suspect. He shouldn't have been treated this way. The law says an accused is
presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction..
Seems the NPF needs to read the law books**
The key suspect in late Cynthia
Osokogu's murder trial,Nwabufo is now claiming he was tortured to admit to her
murder.
According to a report by Channels
TV,The defendant, Okwumo Nwabufo 34,In his evidence, Nwabufo told the trial
judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade that he had been dating Cynthia for over one
year before her death. According to him, he and Cynthia had met more than five
times before she was murdered. However, Nwabufo insisted that the alleged confessional
statement made by him was made under duress stressing that he was tortured by
the police.
He said:
"On the day I was arrested, up
to 20 policemen broke into my apartment and asked for my name after which they
called me a murderer and started beating me. I was later blindfolded while I
was putting on only pant and taken to FESTAC police station for
interrogation''.
He said "when we got to the
police station, I was taken to the Area Commander, Mr Dan Okoro's office who
showed me a lady's picture and asked if I knew her. I said yes, she is my
friend and he immediately called me a murderer while he used plyer to pinch my
left eye.
"I was then taken to a room
where I was chained and tortured to accept whatever they (the police) told us
concerning the murder. I was chained and hung upside-down, like a roasted
chicken.''
Nwabufo further explained that it was during this torture that the police brought out a suspect and shot him on the leg to show that they would shoot us if we don't comply. "One of the policemen released tear-gas into my left eye and I have not been able to see with it since then," he said.
Nwabufo further explained that it was during this torture that the police brought out a suspect and shot him on the leg to show that they would shoot us if we don't comply. "One of the policemen released tear-gas into my left eye and I have not been able to see with it since then," he said.
Nwabufo further told the court that
it was the torture that led to the statement which was being dictated to him at
different times. The suspects are alleged to have chained and strangled
25-year-old Osokogu to death at Cosmilla Hotel, FESTAC Town, Lagos, on July 22,
2012.
this is a false statement by the suspect. how will you be forced to say what you never did due to torture? this report is fucking weird, but the cctv within the hotel captured them around the hotel vicinity and more clues and evidence was taken up which they couldn't defend.
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