Amnesty calls for justice over death of Japheth Njoku in Imo police custody

Amnesty International has called connected the Imo State Government and constabulary authorities to instrumentality a coroner’s recommendations into the decease of 32-year-old Japheth Njoku successful constabulary custody astatine Tiger Base, Owerri.

The organisation made the telephone successful a connection dated October 10, 2026, pursuing the findings delivered connected September 30 by Chief Magistrate E. U. Chinaka of the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Owerri, who sat arsenic a coroner to analyse Njoku’s death.

Amnesty International urged the Attorney-General of Imo State, the Inspector-General of Police, the Police Service Commission and the Commissioner of Police successful the authorities to instrumentality the recommendations promptly, prosecute anyone recovered to person transgression work wherever capable grounds exists, and supply capable compensation and reparation to Njoku’s family.

It besides called for an autarkic probe into reported attempts to obstruct the court-ordered autopsy and intimidate witnesses.

The coroner recovered that Njoku had been detained for astir six weeks implicit an allegation ...