In Rivers, Task force officials beat man to death
Task force officials of the Rivers State government have
been accused of beating a man to death in an altercation which occurred on
Tuesday February 26.
Though the identity
of the man reportedly beaten to death by the operatives of the state task force
on street trading, illegal markets and motor parks could not be ascertained at
the time of filing this report, it is however speculated that he is a Bureau de
change operator near Hotel Presidential at
Aba Road, GRA Phase II.
When contacted by The Nation, spokesperson of the task force
Bright Amaewhule denied allegation of its officials beating the man to death.
He said the deceased slumped on his own and was rushed to a nearby military
hospital by the task force officials who hoped he will be resuscitated.
Amaewhule said;
“There is no truth in
the rumour making the rounds that members of the state task force killed the
man; my men had no hand whatsoever in that
death; instead they came to offer help to the fainting man but were turned down
by the deceased’s brothers around.
“However, the man that died was not a money Bureau de change
person, instead he runs a buka behind the refurbished presidential hotel busstop
along Aba Road, although we have been asking him to leave the place.”
The state police
command spokesperson, Nnamdi Omoni confirmed the incident and further revealed
that it is being investigated.
Eyewitnesses also
alleged that the road was barricaded by kinsmen of the deceased after the
incident.
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