My scrotum was damaged during 81-day detention by SARS, Oko Poly lecturer tells panel
A lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Dr Justin Nwankwo, has told the State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Extra Judiciary killings and Other Related Matters sitting in Awka, the state capital, how his scrotum was damaged during the 81 days he spent in SARS detention in Akwuzu.
Nwankwo who was a manager at Upper Class Hotel, Onitsha at the time of his arrest said he was tortured by the SARS officers and forced to implicate the hotel owners for using the hotel as a kidnapper’s den.
He added that the SARS officers under the supervision of CSP James Nwafor inflicted injuries on different parts of his body.
My scrotum was damaged, my hair pulled and was hanged, it was done in order to force me to implicate the owner of the hotel for using the place was for kidnapping den.
My scrotum was damaged and many injuries were inflicted on me. Look at the scars on my forehead, my face, head, all these I incurred while in Awkuzu SARS detention.
“If you see my back, you would see scars from the electric iron used during the torture by the Awkuzu SARS led by James Nwafor. They went for my scrotum to force me to say what did not happen. They even wrote my statement and forced me to thumbprint it.
“I was tortured, incarcerated and almost killed by Awkuzu SARS. To the glory of God, I survived and even till today police have not brought any formal charges against us. We were arrested, detained for 81 days without any charge.
