#ENDSARS: PETITIONER DIES ONE WEEK BEFORE LAGOS STATE JUDICIAL PANEL HEARS HIS CASE
Basil Ejiagwu, one of the petitioners slated to be heard on Tuesday, November 24, at the Lagos Judicial Panel of inquiry sitting, is dead.
His cousin, Chukwu Vincent, who testified before the panel disclosed he died on November 17, exactly one week ago.
Vincent said Basil, 54, was a victim of police abuse and torture. He revealed he died after suffering from different ailments, including a brain tumour, following his encounter with the police.
He told the panel that his cousin was arrested in 2014 at the Igando area of Lagos and was taken to Igando police station where he was detained and tortured.
According to Vincent’s narration, his cousin was accosted on May 9, 2014, on his way back from Alaba International Market, where he was selling electronics.
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“According to Basil, he was arrested by men of the police, on his way from work at Alaba while going home. He was taken to Igando police station where he spent 5 days. They damaged his legs while hitting him with a hammer while he was there and he was later taken to Ikeja.
“We rushed him to El-Shaddai Hospital at Iba/Igando.
“The hospital results said the ‘hitting’ was responsible. He even travelled abroad at some point and it was him who filed this matter, the witness testified.
“We noticed gashes on his head from where he claimed to have been beaten by police with their guns. He was eventually diagnosed with brain tumor. The Incident happened in 2014 and we tried to treat till 2017. I spent my personal money too and as time went by, it got worse and he began to lose his memory.
“When his condition was too severe, the family decided to move him out of Lagos to the east, then we started searching for a good lawyer to take up the case”, Basil’s cousin said.
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