After all the anger directed towards the killers of the four
undergraduate students of University of Port Harcourt for taking the law
into their own hands and not reporting the boys to the police for their alleged
theft, it is sad to hear that some Policemen were actually present when
they were brutally killed.
Speaking to Channels TV during
a telephone on Wednesday, Chinwe Biringa, mother of Chiadika who was
one of the four victims killed in Aluu community has said that policemen were
present during the killings.
a telephone on Wednesday, Chinwe Biringa, mother of Chiadika who was
one of the four victims killed in Aluu community has said that policemen were
present during the killings.
Chinwe who spoke in a telephone interview during the public
affairs programme on Wednesday said she was disappointed
with the way and manner the policemen looked on and did nothing to stop the
gruesome murder of the four boys.
affairs programme on Wednesday said she was disappointed
with the way and manner the policemen looked on and did nothing to stop the
gruesome murder of the four boys.
Punch reports
that she said the police told her they had insufficient bullets in their guns
and could not confront the crowd:“Eyewitnesses
accounts revealed that policemen were at the scene of the incident. Besides,
policemen at the police station confirmed to one of the bereaved parents who
visited them that policemen were there.
that she said the police told her they had insufficient bullets in their guns
and could not confront the crowd:“Eyewitnesses
accounts revealed that policemen were at the scene of the incident. Besides,
policemen at the police station confirmed to one of the bereaved parents who
visited them that policemen were there.
“And the explanation they gave was
that they were overwhelmed by the crowd and that they had insufficient bullets
in their guns and all that thrash to confront the crowd.
that they were overwhelmed by the crowd and that they had insufficient bullets
in their guns and all that thrash to confront the crowd.
“But those people were only with
sticks not with guns. If they really wanted to work they would have worked. If
they had done what the Joint Task Force did by firing warning shots into the
air when they wanted to collect the corpses, things wouldn’t have gone awry.”
sticks not with guns. If they really wanted to work they would have worked. If
they had done what the Joint Task Force did by firing warning shots into the
air when they wanted to collect the corpses, things wouldn’t have gone awry.”
She insisted that the four murdered boys were not robbers and
decried the poor state of security in Nigeria.“We don’t have security in this country. We don’t
just have and our children and wards are all over the country. We are only
living by God’s grace everyday, because this can happen to anybody any day.
decried the poor state of security in Nigeria.“We don’t have security in this country. We don’t
just have and our children and wards are all over the country. We are only
living by God’s grace everyday, because this can happen to anybody any day.
“God knows best because nothing stops Him from doing something
extraordinary to save them. But may God judge all those who had a hand in the
killings.”
extraordinary to save them. But may God judge all those who had a hand in the
killings.”
If not having sufficient bullets is the excuse the Police men
have for not stopping the murder of the boys, then it is such a shame. The
killers were not even using guns! I was listening to a programme on radio this
morning when the presenter called for the resgination of the Commissioner of
Police in Rivers State. If some Policemen were there, then yes I think some of
them should loose their jobs.
have for not stopping the murder of the boys, then it is such a shame. The
killers were not even using guns! I was listening to a programme on radio this
morning when the presenter called for the resgination of the Commissioner of
Police in Rivers State. If some Policemen were there, then yes I think some of
them should loose their jobs.
