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overcrowded and in poor condition. In total 76 detainees are held there. They all have to sit and
sleep on the ground, none of the cells are lit, and there is no toilet. Thirty-six detainees were
recently shown on a local TV channel, where they had to state that the conditions of detention in
Kaduna are good. Those who refused were allegedly tortured. It was reported that a detainee was
recently shot dead outside of the cell.
102. Sunday Agada, aged 23, Benue State. On 26 February 2007, he was arrested on suspicion
of armed robbery and taken to Tafa Police Station. The next day he was taken to the CID, where
he was beaten by a number of officers. He has not received medical treatment for the injuries he
sustained, including those on his buttocks.
103. R. Jale, aged 20, Kaduna State. On 22 February 2007, he was arrested, and brought to the
State CID. In the torture room (Panteka), he was handcuffed, threatened with death, and beaten
with a wooden stick for an hour.
104. Ayo James, aged 35, Calabar. On 2 February 2007, he was arrested in Kaduna on
suspicion of armed robbery, and brought from the police station to the CID. He was tortured for
three days, during the daytime for 30 minute to one hour sessions. He was beaten with sticks,
cables and a sturdy, long bamboo stick. He eventually confessed after the beatings.
105. Petrus Umaru, aged 18, Kaduna. On 16 January 2007, he was arrested on suspicion of
robbery. He was initially brought to a police station where he was beaten with a stick before
being transferred to the CID later that day. He was tortured in the Panteka for over two days.
He was beaten with a heavy bamboo stick for about 40 minutes and threatened with death.
106. Mohammed “Mame” Bello, aged 27. He was arrested on 8 February 2007, on suspicion
of armed robbery. He was shot by the police in his right leg when he was arrested, and taken
shortly thereafter to St. Gerard’s Hospital to get a bandage. He has not received appropriate
treatment since then. As a result his wound has become seriously infected and without immediate
treatment his life is at risk. He is unable to walk and cannot move from the place he is sitting (in
the corridor between the cells). He has no lawyer and is held incommunicado. In the subsequent
debriefing meeting, the Commissioner of Police explained the lack of medical treatment by the
lack of financial resources. His assistant, Mr. Eway, however asserted that the detainee was
brought several times to the local hospital, though this was proved to be untrue upon examining
Mr. Bello’s files. The case of Mr. Bello has been included in the communications sent in relation
to the two severely injured detainees at CID Panti, Lagos (see para. 44 of the annex). By letter
dated 14 September 2007, the Government informed that Mr. Bello was alive and in prison
custody in Kaduna. A photograph and medical certificate of Mr. Bello following his treatment
was also provided by the Government.
107. Samaila Adamu, aged 27, Fulani, Kaduna State. On 2 March 2007, he was arrested in
connection with the theft of a cow. During his interrogation at the CID, in the “torture room”, he
was beaten with a wooden stick and was raised to a height of about two metres by three
policemen and released. He was forced to sign a confession. He has not been taken to court yet.
108. Aboal Hassan, aged 17, Kaduna State. In July 2006, he was arrested on suspicion of
burglary, and taken to the CID Station. He was interrogated in the Panteka. Over the course of
four days he was beaten, and whipped. His hands and feed were bound together and he was
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