Edo State Government has set up a panel
of enquiry to investigate the alleged killing of a 22-year-old student
of the University of Benin, Ibrahim Momodu, by the police.
This came as the police in the state
said the Laboratory Science undergraduate had a double-barrel gun when
security operatives accosted him.
The state Attorney-General and
Commissioner for Justice, Henry Idiagbon, confirmed the decision of
Governor Adams Oshiohole to institute the judicial panel at a meeting
with the deceased family members.
The deceased mother, Osas; a lawyer,
Jefferson Uwoghiren; members of civil society groups and some students,
attended the meeting in Government House, Benin.
The commissioner however could not confirm the members of the panel.
He said, “I cannot tell the composition
now. The governor made the pronouncement at a meeting with the deceased
family members. He condoled with them over the incident and assured them
that the matter would be looked into.”
However, our correspondent gathered that
the governor was said to be concluding plans to appoint a retired judge
to head the judicial panel.
Meanwhile, the police said the student
allegedly shot by the Divisional Police Officer of Ogida Police Station,
Carol Afegbai, had a double-barrel gun among other dangerous weapons,
when a police patrol team accosted him.
The command, in a statement by its
Public Relations Officer, Moses Eguavoen, on Tuesday, said the shooting
of the student took place as he made for his weapons to attack the
police officers.
However, the deceased sister, Ebohon Egbe dismissed the police claim.
She claimed that the police killed and buried her brother without the knowledge of the family.
In a related development, students on Monday paralysed business activities in Benin as they protested against the killing.
The students, who dressed in black,
marched through major streets, calling for the arrest and prosecution of
Afegbai over the incident.
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I know the police was going to say he is with arm or that he is cultist that is the final defence of any police that kills a civilian. We are all watchning with keen interest how this case is going to unfold at the end. Mr mk
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