Earlier in September, 2020, news broke about the death of the National Youths Service Corps, the Amotekun Stella Ifeoma Abugu. The Nigeria Police through the Force Headquarters claimed she died due to drug abuse, which became highly disputed.
However, an medical autopsy carried out has revealed the lady died of strangulation. This was said to lead to lack of oxygen supply to her body. The autopsy also revealed that her private part was mutilated.
At the ongoing National Human Rights Commission’s Judical panel of inquiry into Police brutality in Abuja, Dr. B.A Abimiku, a postmortem specialist provided the findings of the autopsy on the late Miss Ifeoma.
During the sitting which took place yesterday, the The respondents were absent from the Panel. Counsel to the Nigeria Police said he saw the first respondent, Insp. Melai Isaac, the day before and informed him of the need to appear before the Panel today.
According to the doctor, the finger nail, the tongue and lips of the corpse were blueish which was an evidence that something was wrong with her respiratory system. There was also evidence of multiple fibroid.
Since the police claimed she took cocaine, he said they had to test her for drugs but the cocaine test was negative and other test to confirm the presence of other substance in her body were also negative.
The doctors,who confirmed that he has been a pathologist since 1994, also confirmed that they found some dead sperm deposits in the private part of the lady, indicating that there must have been some sexual activity.
