The corpse of 22-year-old Ibrahim Momodu, a final year student of the University of Benin, who was allegedly shot dead by a police officer, last Wednesday, was yesterday exhumed amid heavy police presence, to undergo an autopsy.
This came as the Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, set up of a panel of enquiry to unravel the alleged killing.
The police command in the state still claims the deceased was a robber who was shot while trying to evade police arrest, but the family said their son was never a criminal and was shot unjustly by the police who they alleged went as far as burying him without the family’s knowledge.
The DPO who allegedly shot the deceased, it was learnt, was being investigated, following a vow by the state Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adebanjo, to get to the root of 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.
It was observed as the body was taken away by a team of pathologists, that the deceased was buried in the cloths he wore the day he was shot, and that to some members of the family counts for something as they believe that depicted a hurried burial after committing a crime.
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”.
Please the State govt should not trust the commisoner of Police to do a fair job as most of the Police are criminals in uniform.Remember the Apo six killings in Abuja where the Police robbed and killed six Igbos and secretly buried them if not for God who exposed them.The Police tried to cover up their evil deeds by labeling the six victms armed robbers only to appologise latter after independent investigations and witnesses proved that the victims were innocent.But before then the Police tried to protect their men of the crime.Oshiomole do not allow the Police Commisioner alone to investigate the Police.Let their be an independent investigation otherwise he will bungle it.The Police may probably be the robbers and not the student.It was a senior Police woman that shot him.That woman can not engage robbes she only shot a helpless boy.My cousin in Abia State was shot same way by a drunk Police man and the then Police Commisioner transfered him just to proctect him and thwart justice.The slan boy in this case(Edo killing) I learnt has a relation in the Police who first secretly told his family without the knowledge of the Police who wanted to conceal it.
Diz story, i believe is real. But diz picture is nt d guy. Diz guy in diz pix was killed last year August 7th. He name is AFRO… He was in Chemical engineering finals. Pls make no mistakes in ur story. RIP AFRO…Engineerin as a whole miss u nd ur swag.
R.i.p