Bauchi Police Torture Man, 33, to Death

A team of police operatives attached to the Yelwa Division and some vigilantes has allegedly tortured a 33-year-old man, Dauda Danladi to death in Bauchi State.

But the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abiodun Sylvester Alabi has ordered an investigation to ascertain the actual circumstances surrounding the death of the 33-year-old man.

THISDAY learnt Danladi was arrested in front of his shop located in Yelwa Kagadama, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis at about 9pm on Thursday and was taken to the Yelwa Division.

At the police division, according to different eyewitnesses, Danladi was allegedly tortured to death.

An eyewitness, Sheba Babangida, told THISDAY that when the police and the vigilante came, they started arresting people from the snooker spot belonging to the deceased.

She said: “We were doing our business. We even chatted with him. He went into his shop and later came out. Some officers came and started arresting youths in the area.

“When they arrested him in front of his shop, we pleaded with them to release him but they refused and forcefully took him into the car they came with. That was around 9pm.

“The next day, I could not go to the station because I was not feeling too well. But someone told me that the man that was arrested last night is dead. I also confirmed from one man selling meat close to where our shop is and he said it was true.”

She added that as soon as she heard it, she looked for his house and went there and confirmed that it was true.

Another eyewitness, Liatu Nuhu, also said security operatives came in their vehicle at about 9:00 p.m and arrested some persons in the area including the deceased.

When they arrested the deceased, according to the eyewitness, we tried to prevail on them to release him. But they turned down our pleading.

Nuhu said: “I was doing my business when, suddenly, the police and some vigilante came, more than 10 of them and started arresting people.