A 24-year-old upcoming Nigeria singer, Paul Obukohwo who went to bail his friend from police detention in Asaba, has allegedly died in the custody of the Delta State Police Command.
It was gathered that the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Delta State Police Command, Asaba had detained the 24-year-old singer who visited the RRS office to inquire about the arrest of his friend, Prosper Odili.
According to a police source, the singer’s friend, Prosper Odili, was arrested randomly by operatives of RRS, on Wednesday along the Redeemed road Okpanam road, Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state at about 8:00am.
It was also gathered that the policemen took Prosper to his house and searched same with nothing incriminating found. They took him back and detained him at the police headquarters, Asaba.
The deceased, Paul Obukohwo, approached the RRS office to bail his friend, Prosper same day at about 5:00 pm.
Shockingly, the operatives arrested and handcuffed him, allegedly beat him to stupor and inflicted grievous injuries on him before they threw him into cell where he collapsed.
The young man however died on Saturday morning as a result of the injuries he reportedly sustained at the hands of the police.
Obukohwo was confirmed dead at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, where he was rushed to for medical treatment by the police.
At the time of filing this report, his remains are still at the FMC, Asaba. The policemen who rushed him to the hospital were said to have fled the when he was pronounced dead.
The operatives at first rushed him to the police clinic but they couldn’t handle the case and referred him to a specialist hospital in Asaba.
The specialist hospital also couldn’t handle the situation just as they referred him to the Federal Medical Centre, where he died on Saturday morning.
