One of the suspected killers of Miss Cynthia Osokogu, Okwumo Nwabufo revealed before a Lagos High Court how he was tortured to admit being the murderer of the deceased.At the resumed hearing, Nwabufo who was led in evidence by his lawyer, Victor Okpara stated in a trial to determine how their (defendants) confessional statements were obtained during investigation.
The defendants, Okwumo Nwabufo 34; Olisaeloka Ezike, 24; Orji Osita, 33; and Ezike Nonso, 25, were charged to court by the Lagos State for the murder of Cynthia.
In his evidence, Nwabufo told the trial judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade that he had been dating Cynthia for over one year before her death.
According to him, he and Cynthia had met more than five times before she was murdered.
However, Nwabufo insisted that the alleged confessional statement made by him was made under duress stressing that he was tortured by the police.
He said “On the day I was arrested, up to 20 policemen broke into my apartment and asked for my name after which they called me a murderer and started beating me. I was later blindfolded while I was putting on only pant and taken to FESTAC police station for interrogation’’.
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