MONROVIA – The circumstances surrounding the death of an inmate identified as Prince Wreyou are yet to be established as police have launched an investigation into the matter. FrontPageAfrica has gathered that Prince was taken into police custody late Friday evening on grounds that he owed someone US$200, which led to his incarceration. A few hours later, Prince was found hanging on the cell door after an alarm from other inmates in the cell. Officers on duty contacted police authorities at the police headquarters in Monrovia, and the forensic team moved in to remove the body. FrontPageAfrica’s investigation has established that there were a total of five inmates in the cell, including Prince. According to accounts from the inmates, Prince was heard crying out that he wanted to kill himself. “The cell was dark, with no LEC, and before we could notice, we realized he was already hanging on the cell door. He used his shirt to hang himself,” an inmate in the cell disclosed to an FPA reporter. It is yet to be established what led to the death of Prince or what led him to allegedly hang himself.
By Edwin G. Genoway, Jr (231886458910) – [email protected]
Family members stormed the compound of Salem depot early Saturday morning, demanding from the police what killed their relative. The father of the late Prince Wreyou told FPA on Saturday evening that his son had been behind bars since Tuesday. He (the father) found out that his son was behind bars on Thursday evening but couldn’t go there because it was late. He further explained that because Friday was a holiday, he couldn’t go to the police station to make inquiries about his son being behind bars. “It was unfortunate to note that my son was killed Friday night, and they took his lifeless body to JFK without the consent of the family members,” he said. How did Prince Wreyou end up behind bars?
The father of the late Prince Wreyou, Mr. Sammy Wreyou, told a FrontPageAfrica reporter that Prince was a mechanic who had collected US$200 from Human Rights lawyer Mohammed Fahnbulleh of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR). He explained that Prince charged Cllr. Fahnbulleh US$600 to fix his (Cllr. Fahnbulleh’s) car, but the lawyer paid an initial amount of US$200, promising to pay the balance after the car was fixed. After several days, while Prince was in the process of finding the material to fix the car, the lawyer, out of impatience, took Prince to the police station, and he was placed behind bars, the father explained. Mr. Wreyou, the father of the deceased, argued that his son did not commit suicide as being speculated. “They say he hung himself, but when we went to JFK to see my son, we noticed he was choked with a strong, tiny rope. You could see the rope mark on his neck, but the police told us not to take pictures,” he explained.
Police authorities at the Salem depot, where the incident happened, could not speak to the media as the matter is currently undergoing investigation by higher authorities of the police. Cllr. Mohammed Fahnbulleh could not be reached as he escaped angry crowds at the police depot.