South African Police Officers Arrested For Beating Nigerian To Coma News
It was gathered that the policemen were arrested yesterday at the Boksburg North Police Station by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, reports NAN.
The arrest, it was learnt, followed a complaint lodged by the consulate on the assault which was said to have incapacitated the victim. An official of the consulate, Elizabeth Wale-Ayodele, recalled that the incident happened on January 9 in Boksburg. She said, “Two weeks ago, 9th January, 2023, a Nigerian was assaulted in Boksburg by four policemen. We received this at the consulate and immediately the CG , Mr Andrew Idi, was here two weeks ago to pay the victim a visit.“He was assaulted, thoroughly beaten, even when he complained of having kidney issues. He fell into a coma and was in a coma for nine days.
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