4 policemen arrested over death of villager

Four policemen suspected of causing the death of a villager in Fufore local government area of Adamawa state, have been arrested.

Musa Kimo, commissioner of police, said this in Yola, the state capital, on Thursday, revealing that they were arrested following a report by the community.

The suspects, who are operatives of the state anti-robbery squad, were currently under investigation.

He said the suspects were accused of harassing the villager to death for riding a motorcycle, which was banned in the state.

The police commissioner warned that the command would no longer tolerate any act of human rights violation, and would not tolerate any form of criminal activities.

He explained that the core objectives of the complain unit was to receive and solve all complaints of police professional misconduct emanating from policing activities.