A mob from Ekpu near Half-Assini in the Western Region last Wednesday, March 29, 2017 vandalised the Half-Assini Police Station after hearing the news of the death of a suspect in police custody.
The cause of death was yet to be verified.
The mob smashed the official vehicle, windows and the counter at the police station to back their demand.
But for the timely intervention of the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Paul Essien, the situation would have worsened.
Over a hundred people including women, clad in red attire,led by the Assemblyman, Mr Peter Miezah Angate, arrived at the station about 10:00 am.
Speaking to the media, Mr. Angate said the deceased was arrested about 5:00 a.m., on Sunday for stealing. Mr Angate said one Boah Benie, also from Ekpu, bought an attire believed to have been stolen and that case was under investigation by the Half Assini police.
He said Benie gave the said attire to her boyfriend at Half-Assini who after wearing the attire was confronted by the complainant in the case resulting in his arrest.
The Assemblyman said the deceased’s mother and a teacher, Ekenealah’s, request to bail the deceased was declined.
He said the mother brought the deceased food at 6:00 p.m., on Monday and found him handcuffed to a bench at the police station.
Mr. Angate said the next day the police asked some relatives who went to visit him in the cells to wait and in the process they saw the police taking away someone covered with cloth.
He said a fellow suspect informed them that it was their relative who had died and was being taken away by the police so they followed the police to the Half-Assini Government Hospital morgue where the body was deposited.
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