How Abba Kyari-Led Anti-Robbery Squad Murdered Our 27-year-old Son, Robbed Him, Dumped His Corpse In A Morgue Family
According to the family, Obodeh was kidnapped in his home in Edo on May 21, 2015, by the SARS officers, who not only killed the deceased but also stole his money and dumped his corpse in a morgue.
by Saharareporters, New York
May 07, 2021
The family of a 27-year-old victi, Benson Obodeh, has narrated how members of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), following the orders of a former Lagos Chief Superintendent of Police, Abba Kyari, went from Lagos to Edo to kill him.
According to the family, Obodeh was kidnapped in his home in Edo on May 21, 2015, by the SARS officers, who not only killed the deceased but also stole his money and dumped his corpse in a morgue.
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A State High Court in Benin City, Edo State, on Friday, Feb 12, sentenced a SARS officer, Joseph Omotosho, to death for conspiring with four other constables, who are currently at large, to kill a car dealer in 2015.
The slain car dealer, Benson Obodeh, 26, was suspected by the police to belong to a criminal gang which allegedly stole a Peugeot car in Lagos.
He was said to have been arrested at his home in Benin City on May 21, 2015, and tortured to death the same day by four police officers. including the SARS officer, Omotosho.
His corpse was dumped at the Specialist Hospital in Benin City, with a different name by one of the officers that killed him.
Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele of an Edo State High Court in Benin City, over the weekend sentenced a police constable, Joseph Omotosho, to death by “hanging or chemical infusion” because the police officer was found guilty of the murder of one Benson Obodeh, a car dealer in 2015.
Omotosho and four other members of his team currently on the run were arraigned on an eighth count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing and murder.
Other defendants in the suit marked: NO. B/CD/48C/2015 are; Adeleke Adedeji, Oniyo Musa, Abena John and Henry Shobowale.
The five defendants who served with the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a police unit that was notorious for its brutality and other forms of human rights abuses were earlier dismissed from the Nigerian police to pave the way for their trial.
Court sentences ex-SARS officer to death for killing businessman, stealing N.3m
Adeyinka Adedipe, Benin
A High Court sitting in Benin has sentenced to death by hanging a dismissed constable, Joseph Omotosho, who was attached to the defunct Special Anti-robbery Squad, Edo State Police Command.
Four others, Adeleke Adedeji, Abena John, Oniyo Musa and Henry Shobowole, who escaped in the twin jailbreak during the #EndSars protest last October, had their sentences suspended.
They were accused of conspiracy in the extrajudicial killing of a car dealer, Benson Obodeh, in 2015 and were found guilty on eight counts bordering on conspiracy to steal and murder.
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin-city
Edo State High Court in Benin-city, the state capital, has sentenced to death by hanging a dismissed Police Constable, Joseph Omotosho, who was a member of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the state police command.
He was accused of conspiring in the extra-judicial killings of a car dealer, Benson Obodeh, along with four others who escaped during the jail break in Benin last year.
The dismissed police constable, Omotosho, along with Corporals Adeleke Adedeji, Abena John, Oniyo Musa, Henry Shobowole were found guilty after undergoing a court trial on an eight-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal and murder in alleged car theft incident that happened in 2015.