Family members of the young man who was allegedly tortured to death by policemen attached to the Elere Police Station in Lagos State, Oloyede Ayoade, are asking the Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Police Force to fish out the killers of their son.
The elder brother to the deceased, Alhaji Tajudeen Oyolola, said: “When I got to the hospital, what I saw that amazed me was his face.
“It was swollen.
“His leg was also broken and part of the body was seriously damaged.”
The late Ayoade was allegedly tortured to death by the police after they arrested him and three others in front of their home last week Thursday at Agege Orile area of Lagos State.
The policemen met the four men drinking, instead of carrying out the mandatory environmental sanitation in the state.
They arrested them and later allegedly demanded for N2 million bribe.
The late Ayoade told his friend before he died that he was tortured by the police who wanted to know the sort of job he did.
According to Oyolola, the police denied being responsible for the death of Ayoade.
Oyolola queried: “How can the police deny that they were not the one who killed my brother?
“He was not sick before he was arrested and detained at their cell.
“I was told by his friends, whom the police arrested together with my brother, that the policemen tortured him and detained them in separate cells.
“I brought him to Lagos after the death of his father 18 year ago.
“I didn’t want to leave him behind to suffer.
“That was why I brought him to come and stay with me.
“And since he had been with me, I have never for once regretted my action.
“The deceased and I were of the same mother but different fathers.”
According to Oyolola, after the incident, he had met with the Divisional Police Officer of Elere to discuss how the Lagos State Police Command would foot the bill of the burial.
They also discussed how the police will come and pay condolence visit to other family members in Ibadan, Oyo State.
“The DPO told me in his office that the Lagos State Police Command cannot foot the burial,” said Oyolola.
Oyolola said that what the DPO said annoyed him and he immediately called the Chairman of Orile Agege Local Government Area to come to the family’s rescue.
He added: “The council boss promised that the matter would not be swept under the carpet.
“He also assured me that justice would be done.”
The deceased’s step mother, Mujidat Oyolola, said: “How can the policemen kill my son?
“My pain now is that the deceased left behind a two-year-old boy.
“I want the Lagos State Government to come to the assistance of the little boy.”
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