He was a cultist and rapist. He died of Asphyxiation and was not tortured to death – Police force PRO, Adejobi, reacts to trending video of a mother accusing police of torturing her son to death

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has reacted to a trending video of a mother, Rebecca Emeya, accusing police officers in Abuja of torturing her son, Erasmus Emeya, to death.

A distraught Mrs Emeya recently appeared on Brekete family TV where she accused the police of torturing her son to death while in their custody. Emeya who couldn’t control her tears while recounting her story said she had gone to the police station to give her son food when the suspect her son was arrested with told her he was beaten to death. She alleged that the DPO of the station threw her out of the station when she began to wail and demanded an answer as to how her son died.

Reacting to her claim, the force spokesperson, ACO Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement released last night, denied claims Erasmus was tortured to death. According to him, the deceased was arrested for cultism and rape. He said an autopsy was carried out on the deceased and it was discovered he died of asphyxiation and not torture. Adejobi said the autopsy was done in the presence of the doctor(s) of the deceased family.

His statement reads;

‘’My attention has been drawn to this video. The matter is an old one and it has been decided. The FCT command handled the case. The autopsy report cleared the air on this. The boy, who was a cultist and arrested for alleged raping and killing of a young lady in the company of his friend, was never tortured by the police. 

The Force Headquarters was involved in the investigation then. Erasmus was a cultist who had been fingered in many crises and alleged killings of some innocent Nigerians in the area. He died of asphyxiation, according to the autopsy. Not torture, please. The autopsy was done in the presence of the doctor(s) of the deceased family. It’s unfortunate he died because the police even needed him to unravel some issues and pending cases in the area. 

May his soul rest in peace, while we urge Nigerians to always have objective perception, understanding of cases, and view issues objectively before running down the police. We didn’t kill Erasmus.”

He went further to state that the autopsy was done by a neutral pathologist and not one from the police force.