Moses Ayodele: They forced me to sign a document called red biro, I later found out was death warrant

According to The Punch, it was reported that he was in bed with his wife when the SARS operatives raided his home, as they cut the electric wires in his room, and used them to tie his hands.

He alleged the poolicemen came looking for someone named “Femi,” but they tied him with cables, and took him to their vehicle. And when they arrived at the SARS office, they tortured him without mercy.

Ayodele recounted how he was hanged by his neck with a paint bucket tied to him and beaten repeatedly. He claimed the officers did this to him several times.

With a trembling voice, he said, “They forced me to sign a document called ‘red biro,’ which I later found out was a death warrant.”

On March 23, 2009, Ayodele and other suspects were taken to the Ikeja Magistrate Court, a day after he and three others—Kazeem, Jimoh, and Sikiru Taiwo—were coerced into signing the ‘red biro.’

Survival in the SARS cell demanded unimaginable sacrifices.

Further talking, he said they ate their own faeces to stay alive and they drank garri only once a month, if a rich detainee shared his garri with them. Otherwise, they drank water from bath buckets, and they also watched fellow inmates die from starvation and disease. He alleged he contracted tuberculosis and nearly died in cell.

Ayodele also shared the heartbreak of losing his mother, who had fought tirelessly for his release but passed away before he finally regained his freedom.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>