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An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), David Ameh Agbo, on Tuesday narrated before the independent investigative panel on violations of rights by the defunct SARS and other police units sitting in Abuja how a brother to a petitioner before the panel died of gunshot injury he sustained in a gun duel between the police and armed robbers.
Agbo made the narration while testifying as a respondent in the petition, marked 2020/IIP-SARS/ABJ/117, filed by Confidence Leera, on behalf of his brother, Edward Dumisara, alleging unlawful arrest and enforced disappearance.
SP Martin Samuel; DSP Essien Edet; Agbo; IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) “D” Division, Itam, Uyo; Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State and the Inspector-General of Police were listed as respondents in the petition before the panel set up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
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There was anger at the Abuja panel hearing allegations of human rights violations by the police on Monday after the police confirmed that a man illegally held in their custody since November 2019 had died.
Accused in the disappearance and subsequent death of the man identified as Edward Dumisara are three senior officers attached to the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Martin Samuel, Essien Edet and David Agbo.
The elder brother of the victim, Confidence Leera, brought a petition on the matter before the Abuja panel, adding that the family and even his pregnant wife had not set eyes on Mr Dumisara since his arrest in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, by the officers in November 2019.
Police confirm man held illegally for months died in custody
The police told the panel on Monday that Mr Dumisara died during investigation. 3 min read
The audience at the ongoing Abuja panel hearing allegations of human rights violations by the police was stunned on Monday as the police confirmed the death of a suspect in their custody, after denying his family access to him for months.
Three senior officers attached to the
Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Martin Samuel, Essien Edet and David Agbo, were accused of the unlawful arrest and enforced disappearance of Edward Dumisara.
The elder brother of the victim, Confidence Leera, brought a petition on the matter before the Abuja panel.