Family, others protest car dealer’s death in police custody

The late Obode

Family members, civil society groups and students yesterday protested in Benin, Edo State the death of a car dealer in police custody.
The victim, Benson Obode, was alleged to have been killed by policemen from Lagos State who stormed the state to arrest him on May 21 over alleged car theft.

He was said to have bought a stolen vehicle and subsequently trailed by the police deployed from Lagos State Command who wore ear rings and dreadlocks.
The whereabouts of the late car dealer was kept secret from the family until July 27, when the police told journalists in Lagos that Obode had died.
According to the police, Obode died from ‘mob action’ and that his body was deposited at the Central Hospital mortuary.
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