A/HRC/7/3/Add.4 page 32 35. John Olugmade. He reported that it was common for other detainees to be forced by the guards to torture each other. Very little food is provided and the detainees must pay for what they receive; the detainees are starving. One person died recently. He reported that suspected armed robbers are perceived as less than human by the officials. B. “Torture room” 36. The “torture room” is located in “Ojo Adekolu Hall D9”, which is a separate bungalow behind the main building on the premises of the CID. When entering the bungalow, one comes into a large room furnished with desks and chairs where investigators take statements. At the very end of this room, on the left hand side, a doorway covered with a curtain leads to the torture room, which comprises a smaller roofed section, and a larger open-air section. 37. At the time of the visit of the Special Rapporteur some 125 individuals, including three women, and children as young as eleven years, were detained under extremely inhuman conditions. The room was heavily overcrowded, extremely hot, humid and filthy. Detainees had to sleep directly on the earth floor or on small pieces of cardboard. A makeshift hole in the ground served as a toilet. The smell was unbearable, even more so by the stench of one injured detainee’s decaying foot. None of the detainees had seen a lawyer, judge, or been able to contact family members, although some had been there for more than two months. Food, provided on the basis of bribes to the guards, is insufficient and of poor quality. People were found to be starving. 38. Almost every detainee in this room had serious physical marks of torture, ranging from skin injuries inflicted with a heated machete or from a beating with a metal bar to cases of untreated gunshot wounds. 39. Detainees reported that they were forced by officers to torture each other: on the ground face down, the hands and feet of the victim are bound together behind their back, from which they are raised and left suspended from an iron bar. To increase the pain, the victim’s back is weighed down with a heavy engine part, which was found in the room. This practice takes place in front of the other detainees, including children, with the aim to threaten and intimidate them. The Special Rapporteur found in the cell metal bars and other instruments whose shapes corresponded to detainees’ injuries. It was reported that one person died in the cell shortly prior to the Special Rapporteur’s visit. 40. Bayo Abdur Mohammed Adekunk, aged 22, Kwara State. He has been detained at the CID for about two months. At the time of the visit of the Special Rapporteur it was clear, given that he was provided no medical attention, that he was at risk of life-threatening complications arising from a gunshot wound sustained in connection with his arrest. His foot was in an advanced state of decay and he was in urgent need of an amputation to save his life. 41. Elijah John, aged 43, Abia State. He was shot by police during arrest, and at the time of the visit of the Special Rapporteur it was apparent, given that he was provided no medical attention, that he was at risk of life-threatening complications arising from his gun shot wounds. He was detained in the torture room and placed adjacent to the toilet. 42. Ernest Gryson, a United States citizen. He was held in the torture room in handcuffs.