The suspect was arrested for stealing rims of trailer in Jega but reportedly collapsed during investigation
By Haruna Usman, Birnin Kebbi
Three Police officers from Jega divisional are currently being detained at Kebbi state criminal investigation unit for allegedly murdering a suspect in their custody.
The Command’s image maker, CSP Nafiu Abubakar in a statement said that the suspect was arrested for stealing rims of trailer in Jega but reportedly collapsed during investigation and later died after he was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
The statement added that following the death of the suspect, the commissioner of Police Kebbi state Bello M. Sani ordered investigation to ascertain cause of the death of the suspect which revealed that the three officers being detained have hand in it.
However, the divisional Police officer Jega local government was given a query and immediately redeployed to give room for further investigation into the case being handled by state criminal investigation unit (SCIU).
Bello urged officers and men of the Command to continue to exhibit professionalism while discharging their duties.