They locked him inside the boot of their vehicle and drove away to Edo State.
Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team of the Inspector-General of Police on Monday tortured a policeman identified only as Inspector Balogun to death.
SaharaReporters gathered that the deceased was attached to Igbotako Divisional Headquarters in Ondo State.
The IGP squad members were said to have accused him and other policemen from the division of hitting a stick on their vehicle during a stop-and-search along the Benin/Ore Expressway.
Sources said they also bragged that nothing would happen to them for torturing Balogun to death.
“The deceased led a team of patrol to the road on a stop-and-search duty. But the IGP monitoring squad met them there. They didn't catch them with any exhibit or extortion or corruption. They asked who was the team leader; the deceased signified and they accused him and others of hitting a stick on their vehicle.
“Immediately they started beating the late Inspector, he was beaten to coma. They locked him inside the boot of their vehicle and drove away to Edo State; on getting to Edo State, they wanted to detain him in one police station, that was when they noticed he has died,” a policeman told SaharaReporters.
When contacted, spokesperson for the Ondo State Police Command, Funmilayo Odunlami, told SaharaReporters she was not aware of the incident.