Nigeria, Sept. 28 -- The family of an Islamic cleric in Kano State has protested his death in custody after being allegedly tortured by the police.
Salim Usman, an Imam in Kuntau, a community in the Gwale Local Government Area of the Kano metropolis, died in the custody of the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police on Monday.
A police team had arrested him at his residence in the Afforestation area of Kuntau at about 7 p.m. on Monday after he led the magrib prayer.
Officers allegedly said a man arrested for allegedly stealing a bag of flour last year named the 24-year-old cleric as the buyer of the flour.
The CCTV footage seen by this newspaper shows the police beating Mr Usman after his arrest.
The footage shows...
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