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The Police Command successful Benue has denied reports that its operatives killed a suspected equipped robber, Philip Kpentuman, who died portion successful custody.
The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet, said this successful a connection connected Friday successful Makurdi.
She said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Emenari Ifeanyi, had ordered an autopsy to find the origin of Kpentuman’s death.
According to Edet, the fishy was arrested connected Sept. 20 by operatives of Operation Zenda, who besides searched his house.
She said that Kpentuman aboriginal led operatives to a hideout astatine Tse-Tamen settlement, Ugondu, Makurdi, wherever a locally made pistol and 5 cartridges hidden successful a nylon container were recovered.
“After the recovery, the fishy asked to easiness himself, but alternatively attempted to flight from custody.
“He was rearrested with the assistance of youths successful the community, who astir lynched him due to the fact that of his transgression record, earlier the Police rescued him.
“Shortly aft being rescued, the fishy complained of terrible assemblage pains. He was rushed to Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, wherever helium was confirmed dormant by a aesculapian doctor,” she said.
Edet said that the assemblage had been deposited astatine the infirmary morgue for autopsy.
She maintained that the Police powerfully refuted claims of extra-judicial killing, saying their actions were aimed astatine redeeming lives.
The spokesperson added that the State Criminal Investigation Department had begun further investigation, and findings would beryllium communicated successful owed course.
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