Retired Police Officer urges investigative panel to ensure justice on Nephew’s death

A petitioner, Mr.  Mamman Danladi, who is also a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, is demanding for compensation from the Nigerian Police Force for allegedly torturing his nephew, Kenneth Yusuf to death.

Mr. Danladi told the Independent Investigative Panel on allegations of human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigerian Police that his nephew was extra judicially killed over an alleged theft.

In his testimony before the Justice Suleiman Galadima led panel, the retired Deputy Superintendent of Police said that on 10th January, 2007 his 25 year old nephew, Kenneth Yusuf was arrested by the police on the allegation that he stole 2 bags of cement.

According to Danladi, Mr. Kenneth was hale and hearty when he was handcuffed and forcefully taken away to the police station in Jikwoyi, a suburb in Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital.

The retired DSP said his nephew was left in an unconscious state for hours before he was taken to a clinic in Jikwoyi, where he was kept without medical attention because the police refuse to deposit money for the commencement of treatment which led to his death.

The retired DSP prayed the Panel to ensure that the perpetrators be punished and compensation paid to cover for the hospital, morgue and burial expenses.

Dominica Nwabufo