Family demands justice after their son was allegedly tortured to death by soldiers in Edo over N1.5m debt

Members of the Oladele family in Jakpa Warri, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State has demanded for justice over the death of their son, Ajayi Oladele, who was allegedly killed by soldiers of the 4 Mechanised Brigade in Benin City, Edo State. The father of two, Oladele sustained multi-level traumatic spinal cord injury as a result of the beating from the soldiers, which resulted in his untimely death.


It was gathered that soldiers arrested Oladele at his residence on May 8 under the instructions of the commanding officer of the brigade’s military intelligence group. He was arrested for allegedly collecting N1.5m from one Kayode Adeoye since January to fund a commercial transaction that failed.

According to reports, he was kept incommunicado with his mobile phones and other items in his possession seized, while his legs were chained.

“He was taken before the Commanding Officer of the Military Intelligence in the Brigade, who told him that he must pay back the sum of N1.5m before his release. Mrs. Esther Oladele was taken before the Commanding Officer of the Intelligence Group where the Commanding Officer told her why her husband was arrested. The Commanding Officer directed that she should go and source for the N1.5m to pay the complainan