All movement was yesterday paralyzed in parts of Benin City, the
Edo State Capital, as Students mainly from the University of Benin, staged a
protest over the alleged shooting to death of a 500 level, 22 year Old student,
Momodu Ibrahim, of the Faculty Laboratory Science.
The students dressed in black attire marched through the streets of Benin
calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Divisional Police
Officer, Carol Afegbua in charged of Ogida Police station over her alleged
complicity in the murder of Momodu.
Late Momodu who was the only male child of his parents was said to have
been shot a stone throw from his family house located at No 1, Igbobawaye
Street off Siluko road by Textile mill junction.
Addressing newsmen at the Nigeria Union of Journalists,( NUJ),
secretariat, the immediate sister of the deceased, Ebohon Rebecca Egbe while
calling for Justice gave an account of how the life of his brother was cut shot
by the bullet of the Divisional Police Officer in-charge of Ogida.
“ I was in my office in Port- Harcourt when I received a call from Benin
from a cousin of mine who is a Police officer that I should take heart that we
lost Ibrahim my younger brother. I called my mother and she said they have been
looking for him in last two days, normally it is after 48 hours that you report
such thing to the Police.
So, She went to the Police on Wednesday, 29th May 2013,
only to be told that he has been killed by Carol Afegbua, the DPO of Ogida
Police station and was buried the next day without the family knowing. His
cell-phone which was with the Police rang all through as we are trying to
locate his whereabouts until the Police finally picked the call and asked my
mother to come to the police station. When the DPO was confronted and asked why
his men shot my brother she explained they didn’t know his identity because his
men asked him to stop and he refused. she also alleged that he was carrying a
gun and wanted to shoot at his men on patrol before his men shoot at him in
self defense”
The family according to the sister of the slain student was informed that
the body of late Momodu had been buried at a public Cemetery in Egor local
Government Area of the State.
Several calls by our correspondent to the Commissioner of Police, Folusho
Adebanjo, and the Police Public Relation officer, ASP Charles Eguavoen, were
unanswered at the time of filing this report
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That's how the police always cook their lies. Why will the boy want to shoot d police? The blood is upon their head and God will judje them
ReplyDeleteWhat a great loose, God of nazareth 500 level n high institution wasted so carelessly by our life savers
ReplyDeleteJustice shud b done...dis is so sad..a final year student..wish d family d grace 2 bear dis loss.
ReplyDeleteMY God! When will our police learn to do the job they are being payed to do by protecting and not destroying the very life of nigerians?
ReplyDeleteHowever way it went,we were not there to witness the ugly incident.Anybody would have risen in anger because the pain of loosing a loved one is unbearable.Seriously,the police force of nigeria has never been truthful in cases like this...they will surely want to cover up their mess by giving us false account of what has happened.Let God judge because he knows and sees all things...mr sunny
ReplyDeleteWhat a painful death, justice should be done pls, a final year student of a university, something should be done about this abeg.
ReplyDeleteMadness, she should thank God some of us graduated before d incident and am sure she must be a dead meat.
ReplyDeleteWhat a life?The only son,was killed like that?God plz be the judge.
ReplyDeleteOh my God wat a sad news may God grant D family D fortitude to bear D lost
ReplyDeleteNigerian police officers are criminals. Very callous, weaked heartless. Definitely they will find a way to cover-up the ungodly incident. Madam (DPO) you have your own children but is watching you and if indeed you cooked up the story inorder to covered the urgly murder case, soon you will experience the same thing in jesus name. Asewo, yeye woman. God will punish you and other officers involved. You will all weep over your children. The police force need to be sanitized, the most corrupt institution in nigeria. When one look at the story line one will know that it was intentional, they guy was killed for nothing even the family were not even informed before he was buried. The woman DPO shhould be dismissed and hang to death. Olosi, olori buruku the heaven will judge you all. May gentle soul of the younge man rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteOmg!! If truely dis statement is correct, why will u burry him without the concept of any of his fammily members.. For God sake, the woman shud put herself in the mothers shoes!!! Jesus dis story is so False.. Α̲̅πϑ come to think of it, he was just a stone throw away from his family House...hhmmmm... If the boy be innocent, his blood will cryout, α̲̅πϑ the DPO will receive times 2 of this Evil she has done...
ReplyDeleteThe police must be covering up for the murder. Why d hurried burial abi dem use am for rituals n dem no want d family to c d body or d boy fit still dey alive for captivity Ơ͡. d dpo n police shld be made to produce his body for d family. Nigerian police is a corrupt selfserving organisation. Nigeria is a jungle where der is no law.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what d nigeria police is turning to.where re. The so called human right activist 4 crying out loud.I think they re sleeping expecially in lagos state where d OC sars is killing our youths everyday 4 crimes that should be ordinarily charged to court either claiming they have a confrontation with his men or they tried 2 escape while on hand cuffs and leg chains then sparing the wealthy and succesfull armed robbers after milking them dry and using them to lure others(including the innocent ones)into his trap.the ikorodu mortuary is filled up already and I learnt the attendants @ isolo have started complaining of spaces 2 accomodate the corpse of his victims as well.justice should be done and I'm still emphasising d need of revolution in nigeria!
ReplyDeleteLet's assume he is guilty and also let's assume he pointed the gun at the police and the police shot him.
ReplyDeleteWhy burry him? That I can not stomach and that points the finger at the police
They should be charged.
They are liers period.
The nation will continue to hear such funny stories pending when we begin to recruit police men that are actually passionate about the job. As against some individuals who are on the look-out 4 any survival job. May God help Us All...
ReplyDeleteIs dat so call Carol Afegbua or whatever she call her name a mother? Bloody lier self defence ko defence ni. Justice must be done, so painful after wasting money to train him from primary all through to Unviersity level finalist na wao. Its just too bad. The blood of the would surely visit them both day and night until the true is told. Before you know it they would be transfered to another state. After all they say they are our friend in teams of procetion which jeje friend indeed. Dats how they killed my brother some years back now. For sefl defence they say he was an armed robber, but at last they confessed when the rot of God starting burning them. Bad ones amongs them are the ones spoiling the Nigeria Police.
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