Late Akwa Ibom Wrestler Was Murdered, Did Not Drown – Lawyer

A Public interest and human rights lawyer, Inebehe Effiong, has revealed gory photographs showing that rising Akwa Ibom wrestler, Abasifreke John Jeremiah, was gruesomely murdered and not drowned as earlier claimed.

According to the lawyer who disclosed this shocking revelation via his official X handle on Thursday, the late wrestler went to Bayelsa State on 10th December 2023 for training preparatory to a wrestling competition.

“His family was informed on 28th December, 2023 that he “drowned” on 27th December, 2023 after a boat he was traveling with capsized. Curiously, the people who reported his death to his family and claimed to have recovered his corpse refused to send a photograph of his body to his family for identification despite repeated demands.

“The family eventually obtained the attached photograph of the corpse through an anonymous source which raised fundamental questions on the claims that he drowned and raises reasonable suspicion that he may have been murdered. As you can see, the gory photograph of the corpse shows visible signs of deep cut in the neck and a bloodied body” he said.

Effiong said he had petitioned Bayelsa’s Bayelsa Police commissioner and written to the Akwa Ibom Governor but none has responded. 

“I petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command on behalf of the father of the deceased who is a retired Superintendent of the Nigeria Police Force to demand a thorough investigation and a coroner’s inquest.

“I also wrote to the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, the Attorney General of Akwa Ibom State and the Commissioner for Youth and Sport in Akwa Ibom asking for their intervention in ensuring that justice is done in this case.

Those who should be questioned are evading police invitations and playing hide and seek. No one has been arrested or questioned till date. The family suspects that there are ongoing plans to compromise investigation into this case.The family is demanding justice” he maintained..

The human right lawyer said he published  the deceased pictures on the request of his family.

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