Polokwane – A bail application by five Limpopo policemen accused of beating to death a Nigerian man was postponed by the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) spokesman Moses Dlamini said it would resume on Thursday.

One of the policemen, Clement Tsotsane, was denied bail on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, he appeared with the other four, Lieutenant Boitumelo Ramahlala, 32, and constables Mashiba Mothata, 30, Collins Sekwadi, 38, and Thabo Mabotja, 31.

They are accused of assaulting Onyechiabi Iwuaka while he was visiting a friend last month. His friend escaped the assault. Iwuaka died on the way to the Polokwane police station.

Ipid said the policemen had gone to the friend’s house during an investigating into a case of armed robbery in Mokopane. – Sapa