Family and friends of a young Nigerian man, Kubiet Akpan have taken to social media to cry for justice after he was allegedly wrongfully arrested and beaten to death in police custody.

It was alleged that the deceased, a University of UYO graduate and only son of his parents was falsely accused of being an armed robber and taken into custody by men of the Nigerian police force, B division Ewet Housing Estate, Akwa Ibom.

According to reports, Akpan had been in the police custody since the incident which happened on Sunday, August 29th till he was allegedly beaten to death.

Friends who heard of his arrest reportedly went to search for him in B division and several other police stations but the police allegedly denied having him.

A close friend of the deceased giving details of the incident in a Facebook post claimed that they eventually realized he had been killed after his aunt called the police commissioner and people in government.

See the post below,