Accused Nigerian banker dies in police custody after severe torture

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Mr Babatunde Oke an Ecobank Staff Accused of N1.2 Million Fraud dies in Police detention. Tunde (pictured above), worked at the Ladipo Oluwole branch of the bank. But according to Tunde, someone else posted the money with his system. He made efforts to repay the money, both his account and his wife’s were put on hold. He was able to repay N600,000 before he was arrested. On 18th february, Tunde was on his way to clinic and someone from ecobank called his wife to inform her that they were coming to arrest her at her branch her husband was missing, she quickly called her husband to know his whereabout and inform him of the situation, her husband reported immediately to work abandoning his treatment due to the threat. Tunde was arrested at work and taken to the divisional headquarters at Ikoyi lagos Nigeria where he was locked up for 3 days. 

All efforts to get his bail went futile as the police insisted that based on the instruction of the bank, they must get the outstanding. Tunde was tortured as usual by the police in the cell and on 20^th february morning his mother in-law and brother visited the police station, but was asked by the police to quickly go and get money. They went to use the ATM and on their way back, they saw Tunde’s in an ambulance, his clothes drenched in blood, his mouth foaming and it was also discovered later that a coke bottle cover was placed in his pocket. He left behind a wife and two children, a 2 year old and a 5-month old. The police claiming he took a poisonous coke. Below are tweets from his friend David Ekpo ………