The Rivers state Police Command on Thursday denied torturing, a Port-Harcourt commercial taxi driver, Lawal Segun, to extract information from him in October 2012.
It will be recalled that 12 people are standing trial for the alleged murder of four students of University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), at Aluu community.
However Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr Henry Njoku, denied the allegation, saying first accused person made a confessional statement without torture or any application of force.
He said that Segun made two statements; one when he was arrested in October 2012, and the second after watching the video clip of the murder in Aluu village.
But segun insisted that the police beat him and threatened to shoot him if he refused to sign the statement.
The first accused person, who was led in evidence by his counsel, Kehinde, said the police tortured and inflicted body injuries on him.
Segun, told the court under cross-examination by Mr Rufus Godwins, Rivers Solicitor-General, that the injuries were on his head and back.
Segun said he could not complain about the torture to any police officer because nobody could have listened to him under the condition he found himself.
He, however, contradicted his allegation of torture when he said that all the facts contained in his statement he wrote were correct.
“All facts in my statement are correct,’’ Segun said.