The police in Benin, the Edo State capital, southsouth Nigeria,
have killed Momodu Ibrahim, a 22-year old 500 level student of the Faculty of
Laboratory Science of the University of Benin.
have killed Momodu Ibrahim, a 22-year old 500 level student of the Faculty of
Laboratory Science of the University of Benin.
The police proceeded to bury
the victim’s corpse without contacting his family, claiming he was unknown,
whereas his cellphone was with them.
the victim’s corpse without contacting his family, claiming he was unknown,
whereas his cellphone was with them.
Momodu who was said to be the
only male child of his parents, was allegedly shot a stone’s throw from his
family house located at 1, Igbobaewaye Street, off Siluko Road by Edo Textile
Mill junction.
only male child of his parents, was allegedly shot a stone’s throw from his
family house located at 1, Igbobaewaye Street, off Siluko Road by Edo Textile
Mill junction.
Addressing newsmen at the
Nigeria Union of Journalists,( NUJ), secretariat, an elder sister of the
deceased, Mrs Ebohon Rebecca Egbe, who called on the concerned authorities for
justice, gave an account of how the life of her brother was cut short by the
bullet allegedly fired by Mrs. Carol Afegbua, the DPO of Ogida Police Station
Nigeria Union of Journalists,( NUJ), secretariat, an elder sister of the
deceased, Mrs Ebohon Rebecca Egbe, who called on the concerned authorities for
justice, gave an account of how the life of her brother was cut short by the
bullet allegedly fired by Mrs. Carol Afegbua, the DPO of Ogida Police Station
“I was in my office in Port
Harcourt when I received a call from Benin from a cousin of mine who is a
member of the police force, saying that I should take heart for what he was
about to tell me, that we lost Ibrahim, my younger brother. I called my mother
and she said they have been looking for him in the last two days. Normally it
is after 48 hours that you report such thing to the police,” she said.
Harcourt when I received a call from Benin from a cousin of mine who is a
member of the police force, saying that I should take heart for what he was
about to tell me, that we lost Ibrahim, my younger brother. I called my mother
and she said they have been looking for him in the last two days. Normally it
is after 48 hours that you report such thing to the police,” she said.
She disclosed that she later
went to the police on 29 May, 2013, only to be told that he was allegedly
killed by the DPO of Ogida Police Station and was buried the next day without
the family knowing.
went to the police on 29 May, 2013, only to be told that he was allegedly
killed by the DPO of Ogida Police Station and was buried the next day without
the family knowing.
She added that her brother’s
cellphone, which was with the police rang all through as, “we were trying to
locate his whereabouts until the police finally picked the call and asked my
mother to come to the station.
cellphone, which was with the police rang all through as, “we were trying to
locate his whereabouts until the police finally picked the call and asked my
mother to come to the station.
“When the DPO was confronted
and asked why her men shot my brother, she explained that they did not know his
identity because her men asked him to stop and he refused, alleging that he was
carrying a gun and wanted to shoot at her men on patrol before the police men
shot at him in self defence.”
and asked why her men shot my brother, she explained that they did not know his
identity because her men asked him to stop and he refused, alleging that he was
carrying a gun and wanted to shoot at her men on patrol before the police men
shot at him in self defence.”
Mrs Egbe said the family of
the slain student was informed that his body had been buried at a public
cemetery in Egor Local Government Area of the state.
the slain student was informed that his body had been buried at a public
cemetery in Egor Local Government Area of the state.
Following the killing of
Ibrahim, hundreds of students of UNIBEN Monday took to major streets of the
city in protest.
Ibrahim, hundreds of students of UNIBEN Monday took to major streets of the
city in protest.
The students’ protest
disrupted vehicular and human activities, resulting in traffic jamp as the
students who wore black attire, marched through some major streets of the city
calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Mrs. Afegbai
over her alleged complicity in the murder of their colleague.
disrupted vehicular and human activities, resulting in traffic jamp as the
students who wore black attire, marched through some major streets of the city
calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Mrs. Afegbai
over her alleged complicity in the murder of their colleague.
The Edo State Police Public
Relations Officer, ASP Moses Eguavoen, said that the Police Commissioner was
going to wade into the matter.
Relations Officer, ASP Moses Eguavoen, said that the Police Commissioner was
going to wade into the matter.
Source: PMNews
