Photo: Policemen Beat Man To A Coma In Akwa Ibom State For Refusing To Pay Bribe

July 20, 2016 – Picture: Corrupt Policemen Attack Man In Akwa Ibom State For Refusing To Pay Bribe

A 28-year-old welder, Mr. Ndifreke Ibuotenang claimed that he was brutalised on Thursday by policemen attached to Mkpat Enin Police Division in Akwa Ibom State.

Ibuotenang said he was returning from where he went to drink palm wine around 9pm, when the same police team accosted him and beat him to a coma.

Ibuotenang’s two eyes had been seriously affected.

He said he was revived, detained and released after the payment of N10,000 bail.

The state Police Commissioner, Mr. Murtala Mani, said the police had already commenced investigation into the case.

Mani explained that all the policemen that were on patrol from the station at the time were in detention at the police headquarters in the state.

This is the same police checkpoint where a 15-year-old was defiled by a randy inspector…. READ MORE HERE

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