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Autopsy Report Shows Lagos @PoliceNG Tortured, Killed Man In Custody, Lied About His Death

An autopsy report conducted on Omolola Ejioye Rotimi, a young man who died in police custody, has shown he died as a result of police brutality and harassment. Ejioye was arrested by officers of the Igbogbo police station over the death of a motorcyclist who died during clash involving commercial motorcyclists, also called okada riders in Ikorodu. He was allegedly tortured while in detention which reportedly led to his death.  The family of the deceased had, upon his death, accused the police of causing the death of the suspect. Also, in a Facebook post by Ikorodu Oga, the counsel for the family, Yakubu Eleto, said the deceased was unjustly arrested on May 2 while calling for an investigation into the death of Ejioye, including an autopsy. The police, in their reaction, refuted claims of torture saying Ejioye “ fell ill ” and died while in their custody. In the autopsy obtained, Ejioye died as a result of " smothering, asphyxia and blunt force trauma with cerebral oedema" . T...