They are currently being detained at the state police headquarters, Akure, having allegedly confessed to committing the crime.
A Warri-based business man, Mr Muminogho Orogboh, the owner of the brand new trailer truck head coming from Lagos to Warri told Vanguard that the six policemen stopped his truck at about 2. a.m close to the Ore toll gate and after questioning the driver, allowed him to continue his journey only for them to shoot at him in company of his manager, Mr. Henshell Gbugbadia who escaped death by the whiskers by running into the bush.
The policemen, it was gathered, thought the manager was also dead in the bush and reversed the new trailer head toward Lagos direction and set it ablaze to blot out any evidence.
Gbugbadia later called his Managing Director to brief him on the development and the matter was reported at the Ore toll gate police station from where the patrol team on duty that night were summoned and disarmed, having denied knowledge of the incident.
Explaining further, Muminogho said the DPO in charge of the Ore Police station then ordered that the truck be brought to the station.
The Police Commissioner later sent for the suspected policemen. After orderly trial, they allegedly confessed to the crime, saying they had to burn the dead driver and the truckhead to erase any trace of the incident because they did not know that the manager survived.
According to Muminogho, the Chairman of NUPENG Rig Move in Warri, Comrade Ochuko, said they had taken over the matter to ensure justice and adequate compensation to the family of the deceased driver including a thorough investigation and prosecution of the suspected mobile policemen.
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This matter would have been forgotten if there was no credible eye witness.
ReplyDeleteOur Police are killing ordinary innocent people for nothing and criminals go free. That is Nigeria.
Is the Police really your friend?
The police force is the main reason Nigeria is lawless. Just yesterday I had runnings with them, over the scrapped realocation of number plates in Lagos. The truth be known, beware of those gun totting guys, they are not our friends. They are there to intimidate us, the slightest sign of provocation or argument with them, you hear click click and hope you don't hear boom!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe police are supposed to represent and uphold our civil laws, why do they dress so shabbily representing the nation why? why do they have to be so abusive towards us why? why do they have to kill unarmed civilians why? why do they have to extort money (N500 yesterday) why? Why do they put their sirens on just to avoid traffic hold up instead of sorting out the gridlock, why? Why o why o why?
God have mercy. What a wickedness
ReplyDeleteNow the IG should be thinking of pshyciatric evaluation for the entire police force.
ReplyDeleteDeranged individuals are too much in the force. imagine the extent they were willing to go to cover up their dirty track. that is how they imprison and kill innocent ppl day in day out. And they run partnership with criminals who are confident that once arrested they will be released tomorrow. if no punitive measure is taken to detire these lunartics we call police officer, they will continue say kpata kpata dem go dismiss me.