Policemen Allegedly Beat Akure Female Politician To Death During Scuffle

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Policemen Allegedly Beat Akure Female Politician To Death During Scuffle

A 50-year old female politician, Mrs. Ronke
Adelugba, was on Sunday night allegedly beaten
to death in her house in Akure, the Ondo State
capital, by policemen who allegedly invaded her
house in search of a suspected criminal.


The woman, who was until her death the Woman
Leader of the Accord Party (AP) in Ward 5, Akure
South Local Government Area, was allegedly hit
with a gun butt and beaten by two of the seven
policemen who came to her house after an
argument with her.


The seven policemen, who came in a white police
Hilux van with registration umber NPF 4236 B,
had stormed the house located at No. 1,
Akinyemi Street, off Ijoka Road, Akure, after
searching a nearby bush for some boys believed
to be smoking Indian hemp in the area.


Unable to find anybody in the bush, the policemen then headed to Mrs. Adelugba’s house to see if the boys were hiding there.


However, an argument ensued, with Mrs. Adelugba insisting that only her own children were in her three bedroom house.


Insisting that she would not let her children be
arrested without any explanation or warrant, Mrs
Adelugba was shoved, beaten and hit with a gun
butt and in the process slumped and died.


The policemen then allegedly fled the scene after
the residents of the area gathered but the residents later carried the lifeless body of the woman to the Ala Police Station where the policemen came from.
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