A group of policemen have reportedly beaten the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Professor Sunday Edeko brutally. It was gathered that the policemen used cutlasses, hammers and teargas on the professor for asking them a question. The professor reportedly landed in a hospital after being brutalised for hours on Thursday. […]
A group of policemen have reportedly beaten the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Professor Sunday Edeko brutally.
It was gathered that the policemen used cutlasses, hammers and teargas on the professor for asking them a question.
The professor reportedly landed in a hospital after being brutalised for hours on Thursday.
Trouble started when Edeko saw a young boy he identified as a relation of the former Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Thomas Okosun, in a parked police van. He had reportedly paused a bit to asked the boy what the problem was.
It was the question that incurred the wrath of the police squad, who immediately pounced on the professor, beating him to stupor.
“Before the boy could reply, an armed man who was not in police uniform told him to get away,” Edeko told THISDAY. “Without even giving me time to move or offer an explanation, he used a hammer to hit my right hand.”
He narrated further: “That was their first assault against me. I managed to park the car some metres away and alighted from the car. At that point, about five armed men who were not in uniform advanced towards me. I clearly introduced myself.
“All my attempts to explain that I am a law-abiding community leader fell on deaf ears. They started the second stage of their assault on me. They descended on me with hammers, cutlasses, tear gas, hand and foot. They brutalised me and inflicted injuries on my back, hand and leg.”
He said while the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have taken some steps over the matter, he has petitioned Zone 5 Police Headquarters and felt ashamed over what a section of the police had turned into.
The professor appealed to the Inspector General of Police, the Police Service Commission, and well meaning Nigerians to help him fight for justice and stop police brutality.