A legal practitioner, Mr Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, has accused the Bolgatanga Police and Prisons authorities for deliberately causing the death of his client, Muniru Awudu, a 35- year- old mechanic. Mr Kpemka told a press conference in Bolgatanga on Tuesday that Muniru died under very bizarre and pathetic circumstances that must not go unpunished. He explained that in March last year, one George Ohemey visited Bolgatanga with a Nissan Pathfinder and which was linked up to Muniru by a friend. Ohemey asked Muniru to lead him to a money lender so that he could secure a loan and use the vehicle as collateral. Unknown to the deceased, Ohemey was not the owner of the vehicle. According to Mr Kpemka, Muniru led Ohemey to one Aziz, a money lender, and contracted an initial loan of 3,000 Ghana cedis and went back and took more money. He stated that Ohemey was arrested in Kumasi and he led the Police to Bolgatanga where Muniru and Aziz were also arrested and later released. Later, Aziz caused the arrest of Muniru in order to produce Ohemey to pay back the loan. Mr Kpemka added that the late Muniru, together with a police officer, travelled to Kumasi and succeeded in arresting Ohemey and brought him to Bolgatanga. The lawyer claimed that the Police released Ohemey and arrested Muniru, charging him with defrauding by false pretenses. He said his client was sick when he was arrested and his condition deteriorated, compelling him to make an unsuccessful appeal for bail at the Bolgatanga Circuit Court. Mr Kpemka averred that Muniru was brought to court in a handcuff and almost at the point of death but neither the prisons authorities nor the police found it necessary to convey him to the hospital even after repeated demands by his family. The lawyer explained that his client’s case though civil in nature ended up claiming his life. He described the conduct of the police as "reprehensible, absurd and capricious". "We are considering civil action against the police and negligence on the part of the prisons authorities, Mr Kpemka announced, adding, that "Today it is Muniru, tomorrow it could be you or me so let us together rise and be bold to defend forever the cause of freedom and of our rights." He urged the Regional Police Command to institute investigations into the circumstances leading to the death of his client so that whoever is found guilty is dealt with according to the law. Meanwhile, the Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bright Oduro, told the Ghana News Agency he had instructed the Municipal Police Command to investigate the matter for the prosecution of those found liable. Source: GNA