Anambra Extrajudicial Killings: Victim Recounts Ordeal In Underground Cell

As the investigation of Police extrajudicial killings in Anambra State is currently underway, a victim of police brutality in the state, Chisom Uche, has recounted his ordeal in the hands of officer-in-charge of the Rapid Response Squad, Patrick Agbazue, and his team.

Naija News earlier reported that Patrick Agbazue was alleged to be a member of a syndicate involved in the alleged kidnapping, torture, and murder of citizens.

In an interview with PUNCH, Chisom said he expected police authorities to invite him and other victims of police brutality in the state to testify against the officers currently undergoing investigation.

According to him, he was arrested in 2018 while driving home with his brother who had just returned to Nigeria when the police officers stopped them.

The victim said despite what they told the police officers, they were arrested, detained, and disposed of everything they had, including hard currency.

Chisom added that many atrocities are being committed at the Awkuzu police station and they also would have been killed.

He said: “I was also a victim of police brutality. I went to pick up my brother who came back from abroad in 2018 and as we were driving home, we met some police officers who stopped us at Nkwelle junction.

“After we introduced ourselves, they were not satisfied, they insisted we follow them to the station; two of them, heavily armed, jumped into our vehicle and took us to the Awkwuzu Police Station where we were detained unlawfully and dispossessed of everything we had, including hard currencies.

“There is an underground cell at that Awkuzu police station, where a lot of atrocities are being committed. We were tortured; if not for luck and the huge money they collected from us, we would have been killed.”

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