The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2 Police Command, Joseph Mbu, has denied the allegation of torture made against him by a foreign exchange dealer, Alhaji Suleiman Yerima. Mbu said the allegation was an attempt by the suspect to divert attention from his group’s alleged fraudulent activities. Yerima had alleged that Mbu instructed a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ibrahim Dantoro, to dip his face into a bucket of water-a form of torture known as “water-boarding” used to extract confessions from terrorists. The businessman, in a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari, had alleged that he was detained for 80 days by the police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, along with his friend, Uwem Antia, who he said was blindfolded and beaten. Mbu on Thursday, during a press briefing, which was attended by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, and his Ogun State counterpart, Valentine Ntomchukwu, said that Yerima’s allegation was div...
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