Men from the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have been accused of killing Kubiet Akpan, a recent graduate of the University of Uyo.
According to SaharaReporters, Akpan, who is claimed to be his parents’ only son, was detained alongside his friends on Sunday for armed robbery by men from the Nigeria Police Force’s B division Ewet Housing Estate.
He was subsequently taken to a jail and beaten to death, according to reports.
His friends apparently went looking for him at the station and other locations after learning of his arrest, but the police denied he was in prison.
After his aunt called the police commissioner and government officials, his friends realized Akpan had been killed, according to his acquaintances.
It was also discovered that the police took his body to the mortuary at Headquarters Ikot Akpan Abia without notifying his family.
A family member of the deceased identified as Christiana Sunday posted on Facebook, “A CRY FOR JUSTICE. Kubiat (FB:pdp Icon), a Uniuyo student waiting for NYSC enrollment this coming November was arrested by Nigerian Police (B division Ewet Housing estate) on Sunday at Eni stores by 7PM, accusing him of arm robbery. They took him to the station without filing the case they said he had committed, not even asking him for his name and address.
“They put him in a police cell and beat him to death, that same night. Oh, what a tragedy. On Monday, friends heard that he was arrested went to search for him at different police stations (including B division) but they denied his arrest.
“It was after his aunty put a call through to people in govt, and the commissioner of police was questioned, that was when they realised that it was the police squad from B division that arrested Kubiat, beat him, took him to police Headquarters Ikot Akpan Abia mortuary without the notice of any of his relatives, hmmmmm.
“What a world, they wasted his life just like that. Nigerian police have to be questioned. Justice must be served. Oh Akpan. The only son to his parent. So after they have killed you, they realised that they arrested the wrong person. After the struggles, challenges you went through at Uniuyo and they couldn’t allow you to enjoy a bit of it. It shall never be well with those policemen. Amen
“Police are denying that they didn’t kill him, that Kubiat Isaac Akpan had health issue, now they want to conduct an AUTOPSY to see if this is true and the doctor is demanding N200,000 to do that. Let the policemen pay for the autopsy, where will the sick parent get 200k and pay? It can never be well to those policemen.”
