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Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by peckhamboi: 4:47pm On Mar 06, 2012 |
The Lagos State Government is to sue the State Police Command and the former Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Pen Cinema Police Station over the alleged murder of a protester and wounded three others during the last fuel subsidy protest in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The deceased, 27-year old Demola Abiodun was allegedly shot dead by the dismissed former DPO, Segun Fabunmi and three others who were injured and rushed to the hospital for treatment. Governor Babatunde Fashola had ordered the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ade Ipaye to take up the case and ensure that justice was done in the matter as he vowed that the matter would not be swept under carpet. The Office of the Public Defender, OPD, an agency under the State Ministry of Justice is handling the case. Speaking with P.M.NEWS, the Director, OPD, Mrs. Omotola Rotimi said the state government was suing the police and the former DPO for N200 million for the murder of Abiodun and N100 million each for three others who were wounded by police bullets during the protest. She said the OPD was ready to press charges against the police over the murder of Abiodun and injuring three others. Rotimi stated that the office had already forwarded its investigation and the charges to the Attorney General and the Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary for approval, which she said, had been granted. According to her, the OPD would soon proceed to court to sue the police command and the killer DPO over the matter, adding that what was delaying the action was the absence of the autopsy report. She said the autopsy report was ready and that the office was waiting for the Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University, LASU, Prof. John Obafunwa, a pathologist to make the autopsy available to the office. “Once the autopsy is ready, we will head to court. We are ready. The DPO who killed Abiodun is still in prison,” she said. In January, during the nationwide fuel subsidy protest in Lagos, Fabunmi, the accused former DPO, who was in charge of Pen Cinema Police Station, was alleged to have personally shot dead Abiodun while they were playing football on College Road, Ogba and wounded three others. The ex-DPO and his team were said to have pursued Abiodun and others to a house in the area and shot them and fled. The outcry against the murder of Abiodun made Fashola to wade into the matter, ordering the Attorney General to probe the murder in order to prosecute the culprit. The Attorney General, has vowed that justice must be done in the matter and that it must not be swept under the carpet, saying that government would take over the prosecution of the DPO for allegedly killing an innocent citizen. According to him, since the deceased was killed in the state, the government had the right to take over the case and ensure that justice prevailed. “We have already instructed office of the DPP to be vigilant. Aside, we have started gathering our own facts. We are also paying attention to the details in order to avoid a miscarriage of justice. The prosecution of the accused person will commence as soon as the report is ready. “We are currently waiting for the report of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding his killing. The state DPP is duly following up the case to ensure that there is no cover-up and that justice is done in the matter,” he said. The OPD had also two years ago secured N100 million compensation in the court for Miss Uzoma Okereke, who was brutalised by naval ratings in Victoria Island area of the state. http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/03/06/subsidy-murder-lagos-to-sue-police-killer-dpo-for-n500m/ |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by Nobody: 8:11pm On Mar 06, 2012 |
God bless Fashola, God bless Lagos State. |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by Ibadiarann(m): 3:06pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
This is justice. Thank God for fashola |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by dabrake(m): 3:09pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
fashola lacks the moral justification to open his incinerator. wasn't it the same fash who sent police men to harass protesters along lekki toll gate? |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by hyperbolic(m): 3:16pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
dat good |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by xtremeidea(m): 3:21pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
Hmmm, How many years will the case last? |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by DeGenius3(m): 3:23pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
Good! they should give what he gave to the deceased! |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by debedebe(m): 3:55pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
dabrake:b4 altering any word,always av ur facts, tanx |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by Nobody: 3:57pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
God bless His Excellency Governor Fashola Fashola for President 2015 |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by dabrake(m): 4:04pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
debedebe:bro, please educate me. i am ever ready to learn. i remain grateful in advance |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by atasteve: 4:20pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
Thanks BRF. Please replicate the same for all the murders committed by the Police force. |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by chucky234(m): 5:34pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
Let's wait and see how it goes, |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by yemmight(m): 5:39pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
dabrake: I know some of you do no even think before typing. If he gives an order to police to manage unrest area, did he give an order to kill protesters? Think now ha. |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by DAY12(m): 5:42pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
Thumbs up for Uncle Fash! |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by samstradam: 5:43pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
debedebe: So who sent them or preferably on whose behalf were they acting If not the governor, was his television and radio turned off when eveyone was reporting on the incidents for 3 solid days? |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by chosen04(f): 5:44pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
yemmight: But he who must come to equity must come with clean hands |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by Beaf: 5:59pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
The death of that innocent guy is being used as a political football be Fashola. It is a really low thing to do. What about the LASTMA officials that have killed several people? Has LASTMA been taken to court? To make matters worse, there have been numerous police killings in Lagos. Why are these too low profile for Fashola to sue the police over? I am not convinced and only see this as yet another of wickedness by our politicians. Check the below out. Why hasn't Fashola sued? [size=14pt]Protest in Lagos as police kill NPA staff over N50 bribe[/size] http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/protest-in-lagos-as-police-kill-npa-staff-over-n50-bribe/ |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by GboyegaD(m): 6:14pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
chosen04: You are rignt on point because many of us do not know this. |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by Nobody: 7:12pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
@Beaf Ewhu you don show abi? Anything that concerns Fashola is never a good sight for you. What about the Office of the Public Defender he newly built? What do you have to say about that? Does your state even have a Public Defender talkless of an office? @Topic Fashola, this is great. Ride on, haters gonna hate. |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by beespak7(m): 8:40pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
Well done fashola justice has to take its due course, enough of the police brutality. |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by edupedia: 8:40pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
the OPD is for all.i am sure the boy's family lawyers were smart enough to petition the office. what it means is that OPD can also act for anyone killed by the act of any official in the employ of lagos stateeven if settlement has to be by an external arbitrator.so don't blame fashola if OPD is not petitioned. the law establishing OPD covers so many things, recently a battered wife reported the husband there.they called him for peace talks but with hidden warning that he could be taken to court if the battering is repeated.since then the battering has stopped.we know cause the lady is close to us point? the fash admin is praiseworthy!, |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by sunkoye: 9:27pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
with the look of things, Nigerian police will soon declare itself bankrupt b4 middle of the year |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by LEXYLOV: 10:58pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
diluminati:Please don't mind that clown he is anonymous. He opposed any good deed from other party leaders, except his clueless retardeen uncle and his co looters are his favorite. Good development from Gov. Fash am really impressed. |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by Beaf: 11:09pm On Mar 07, 2012 |
LEXYLOV: Is this person you call retardeen one of your ancestors? |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by MyVicky: 3:59am On Mar 08, 2012 |
, Wait and see the end of the case before you apportion applauds/credits; it might turn out to be another political/diplomatic move to silence the masses. |
Re: Lagos State Sues Nigerian Police Over Subsidy Murder by edupedia: 8:47am On Mar 08, 2012 |
i have just been informed that OPD is actually in court against many govt officials including the police and that this case is no exception.i asked if what an official of the judiciary is involved will such a person get real justice?.the reply was that any ruling can be appealed if not satisfied. so it does not appear like this is a political gimmick o!!! |
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