NIGERIA: Six police officers, according to the CLO, at the Rukpokwu axis of the capital city, Abuja violently attacked Tasie, beating him to a pulp before bolting away with his car. ”The late Tasie was driving in his car, a Passat car with Reg No: Edo AG 573 AGD
when the car developed faults which forced him to stop to find out what was wrong.
”As he opened the car bonnet to check what was wrong, the six TIMARIV officials, operating in a bus arrived and immediately pounced on him, pressed his head on the engine and started forcing the bonnet to close, beating him at the same time. They demanded the sum of N30,000, around $200, bribe from him. They accused him of wrong parking . When he tried to explain, they started beating him angrily.
”After the attack, the young man literally crawled home and went to bed. He never woke up again. His lifeless body was recovered from his room at Rukpokwu in the morning of June 21, when the family members, in conjunction with the Police broke into his house. He was taken to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, where autopsy was done”.
The four arrested officials are, Benjamin Eremoni, Onyebuohise Ibe, Sunday Wobo and Ikechukwu Gideon. They are detained at the state Central Investigation Department, SCID.
The accused persons were arraigned on Monday, before a Port Harcourt Senior Magistrate Court, on a two-count charge of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The Charge No is PMC/1280c/2012.
The trial magistrate promptly ordered that they be remanded in Prison custody. ENDS
