Edo Political Forum (EPF), based in Benin City, has urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed D. Abubakar, to investigate the malicious May 27 murder of Momodu Ibrahim, a student of the University of Benin, by police officer Carol Onyekachi Afegbai.
“The boy was murdered maliciously and animalistically by CSP Carol Onyekachi Afegbai, the Divisional Police officer (DPO) of Ogida Police Station in Edo State and the commissioner of police in Edo State alleged that the young man was an armed robber, relying on the mendacious information that was given [by] the She devil DPO,” the group said in a petition signed by Emmy Uwangue.
“The Commissioner of police continued by saying that the young student was a Bus driver and that a Cut to size Gun was found on the young man after he was shot just about 100 meters from his family's house where he resided before Jezebel Afegbai killed him.”
The group described Afegbai as “the first daughter of the devil” who said that she had had a nightmare the day before the incident in which she personally killed two armed robbers, following which she led out a team on May 27 “looking for two imaginary armed robbers to kill, saying that her dreams always come true.”
EPF pointed out that worse was to follow, as Mr. Momodu was hurriedly buried on May 28 without the consent of the family or any close relative. “How can you kill an innocent boy and bury him, this is another Clifford Orji in Edo state as killer DPO Carol Onyekachi Afegbai,” the petition said.
Describing Afegbai as “the richest DPO in Nigeria because of her ill-gotten wealth,” EPF demanded of the IGP, among others, that the Commissioner of Police should tender an unreserved apology to the people of Edo state for telling lies regarding the gruesome murder of a student, and also lead a delegation to commiserate with the family of the deceased.
The group also demanded that “monstrous DPO” Afegbai be dismissed and be tried for murder like other police officers who have been tried for killing innocent persons, and be investigated properly about the source of her stupendous wealth.
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and Madam Osas Momodu, mother of Ibrahim Momodu
In another story - Following the setting up of a panel of enquiry to unravel the alleged killing of Ibrahim Momodu, a final year student of the University of Benin by a police officer, last Wednesday, by Governor Adams Oshiomhole, the corpse was yesterday exhumed by the police to undergo an autopsy.
Meanwhile, controversy has continued to trail the killing of Momodu. While the police command in the state is claiming that he was a robber who was shot while trying to evade police arrest, the family said their son was never a criminal and was shot unjustly by the police.
However, it was learnt that the DPO who allegedly shot the deceased was being investigated as the state Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adebanjo, had vowed to investigate the matter.
Civil society organisations and students staged a peaceful protest last Tuesday, calling for the investigation of the matter.
Executive Director of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Rev. David Ugolor, who led other civil society organisations to the family of the deceased and to the cemetery, commended the state government for investigating the matter, just as he condemned the alleged extra judicial killing of the student.
Governor Oshiomhole had last Tuesday urged the parties to remain calm and allow the panel to investigate the matter with a view to unravel the truth. However, there was heavy presence of the police at the cemetery where the corpse was exhumed, yesterday.
The exhume body was taken away by a team of pathologists and Vanguard observed that the deceased was buried with the cloths which he wore the day he was shot. Counsel to the family of the deceased Barr.Jeff Uworghiren, described as wicked “the allegation by the police that the deceased was a criminal. But I am happy we have our pathologist ready so we will see how it goes. We are only asking for justice, this is a test case for the new chairman of the Police Service Commission”.
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