The Police, on Monday confirmed
the death of Mr Usman Umar, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, during the violent
protest by members of the Shiitte movement in Abuja.
In a statement by Force
Spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, in Abuja, he said that two other officers and a
Channels’ Television Reporter were injured in the incident.
He said that 54 suspects had been
arrested in connection to the protest that involved no fewer than 3, 000
members of the group, protesting the continued detention of their leader,
El-Zakzakky.
Mba disclosed that the protest
took place within the Central Business District of Abuja, with the heavily
armed protesters defying all “sense of decency and violently attacked innocent
citizens and police personnel on duty’’.
“In the process, the Deputy
Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, FCT Command, DCP Usman A.K
Umar, was shot and fatally injured by the protesters.
“The officer who was immediately
rushed to the hospital died moments later while receiving treatment.
“Two Assistant Superintendents of
Police and a Staff of Channels Television sustained serious injuries and are
currently receiving treatment,” he said.
According to him, the violent
protesters also razed down a National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
Response Post with two vehicles close to the Federal Secretariat, Abuja.
He said the 54 suspects arrested
in connection with the protest were undergoing interrogation and would be
arraigned as soon as possible.
Mba said that the
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) had commiserated with the family of the late
DCP and condemned the incident, warning that “Enough-is-Enough”.
He said that the IGP had warned
that the Force and the nation would not continue to suffer losses on account of
reckless and lawless persons and groups in the society.
Earlier, the Police had in its
Tweeter handle said that normalcy had returned to the FCT after the violent
protest by members of the group.
It said the protest by the group
had been brought under control and called on the public to remain calm.
It said that the areas earlier
affected by the protest were Central Business District and the three Arms Zone.
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