Report gathered that officers who were on duty at the Salent Police Depot in Fiamah where inmate Prince Wreyou allegedly committed suicide have all been arrested.
Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman was informed that they are undergoing investigation by the police, saying that the police will ensure that the deceased’s family receive justice.
He called on the family to remain calm as the police conducts its investigation to authenticate whether or not the deceased actually committed suicide as was alleged by those on duty that evening.
“We have recall all of the officers on duty that night and have initiated an investigation into the alleged suicide case. We can assure that we will do all in our power to establish whether or not it was a suicide,” IG Coleman said.
However, the Independent National Commission on Human Rights Commissioner, who is at the helm of the death of Prince has added his voice calling on the Government of Liberia to investigate the officers who were on duty on Friday, April 12, 2024.
Atty Mohammed Fahnbulleh said the death of the victim should be investigated with every resource of government to ensure that the victim receives justice, describing his death as unfortunate and the denial of a citizen’s rights to enjoy life, which is a fundamental human right.
“Though we may have had some issue with repairing my car, but Prince, like I saw him, was strong and, at the police station; wrote his own statement and in fact, there were others, about five persons in the very cell in which he was detained. So, I didn’t get it when someone who identified himself as the commander informed me that he committed suicide in the cell,” Fahnbulleh said.
During the evening hours of Friday, April 12, police officers assigned at the Salent Police Depot at the James Springs Airfield reported that Prince, 32, allegedly committed suicide while in the police withholding cell.
“While undergoing investigation into an allegation of the civil case between him and myself, observing that, as a human rights officer, I am obligated to protect and promote human rights. That is why I want the police officers on duty that evening to be investigated,” Fahnbulleh maintained.
“I was shocked by the news. I wonder how that tall man could have hung himself in a cell with other detainees,” he said.
However, families of the victim are blaming the human rights commissioner for the death of their relative when it was he who allegedly send people believe to be tugs to arrest him on orders of this same Fahnbulleh.
“Commissioner Fahnbulleh paid people to arrest and torture our brother on allegation that Prince took money from him to repair his car,” Steve Wreyou, an older brother of the deceased charged.
He accused those involved in the arrest of the victim of mal-handling him before turning him over to Fahnbulleh who took him to the police, noting that “Prince was beaten by whoever carried him to Fahnbulleh.
