An Ibadan - based trader, Mr . Kehinde Omotosho aka Akede , has died in police custody seven days after being arrested for the alleged crime of his son, Kabiru .
According to a report lodged in a crime -reporting app , FlagIt App , the deceased was arrested along with another of his sons , Jelili , by policemen last week and detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department , Iyaganku , Ibadan .
While in detention , the police allegedly denied him access to relatives until his death on Wednesday .
Akin Fadeyi , Director of the Akin Fadeyi Foundation, said Kehinde , who was the breadwinner of his family , left behind an aged mother .
Fadeyi said , “ We just received another sad report through FlagIt App. Mr . Kehinde Omotosho, alias Akéde , a trader at Gbagi Market, Ibadan , Oyo State , was in his house on Wednesday . Nigerian police officers from Iyaganku came to his house to effect arrest of his son, Kabiru . He was said to have been involved in a fight.
“ The son was not at home . The police allegedly arrested the father in lieu of the son. This is called hostage arrest. They drove him to State CID, Iyaganku . They also took with him Kabiru ’ s brother , called Jelili .
“ Mr . Omotosho was kept for seven days . He was not charged to court and neither were his relatives allowed to see him . Between yesterday night and today , Mr . Kehinde Omotosho died in police cell .
“ The family Representative of the Late Mr . Omotosho, while speaking with me said these words , ‘ The Nigerian Police has killed our family member . We are only cheated because we are not educated and because we don’ t know anybody ’” .
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