On Thursday September 20th, 2012, Ugo Ozuah, a former student of Kings College Lagos was brutally murdered along Gbagada Expressway just five days after his wedding. He was shot in his chest when he was escorting a friend who had come to greet him just a day after he returned from his honeymoon.

According to his friends and family, he was shot by drunken policemen who pulled up beside him in a pickup van.

Although the Police has not released an official statement on his murder, his friends and family have been broadcasting news of his death on Blackberry and social media in a bid to get justice.

Here is an account of his death sent to BN by his friend, Gbenga Adewuyi

The guy on my dp is Ugo Ozuah an amazing guy. Ugo went to Kings College, Lagos and UI. He got married last week saturday. He was shot by the Nigerian Police 5 days later in front of the UPS office on the Gbagada Express as he and his friend were flagging down a taxi cab. The police pickup pulled up and shot Ugo twice in his chest at close range as the bullet came out his back. He was not resisting arrest, he was not arguing with the police, he was not asked to identify himself, he just stood with a friend. These policemen in uniform were drunk, IG of police has said they were not his boys. I guess he saw them from his Abuja office. They say they were thieves dressed as police, that’s even a bigger problem. Mr IG who is selling police uniform, who is selling guns and renting police vechiles. We may not get justice for Ugo but please keep broadcasting till someone listens and takes action. It may be your brother, sister, friend, child, parent etc tomorrow God forbid. But there has to be a process for the Police force. If they suspected Ugo he could have been shot in the leg, he should have been asked to identify himself. Not killed like an animal and left to die. Thank you and God bless.

Another friend, Mr. Aye Dee, published a heart touching story on 9ja Life ”How The Nigeria Police Force Murdered My Brother, Newly Married Ugochukwu ‘Ugo’ Ozuah In Cold Blood”

September 20th, 2012 started like any other for many of us. It was a regular day, albeit a special one, as our Alma Mater, King’s College Lagos (KC) was celebrating its 103rd anniversary. Consequently, many Old Boys spent the day exchanging felicitations face to face, via phone calls and the internet.

Unknown to many of us, this was the last time we would only associate that date with the anniversary of the founding of our dear school, for on the day in 2012, King’s College Lagos lost Ugochukwu ‘Ugo’ Ozuah, to the cold hands of death. It wasn’t a normal death due to sickness or negligence on his part, but death in the form of an execution carried out by men of the Nigeria Police Force who randomly decided to shoot him in the chest at point blank range.

Ozuah and the rest of our set graduated from KC in 1993. Upon graduation he went on to the University of Ibadan for his undergraduate degree. Having completed his education in the 90s, he returned to Lagos to join the work force and begin his professional life. He also had a lot to look forward to in his personal life as he got married to the love of his life exactly a week ago, Saturday the 15th of September 2012, and had just returned from his honeymoon on Wednesday, the day before his tragic death.

It was with immense shock that those of us on our set’s mailing list received a message on the morning of September 21st stating that he had been shot and killed the day before by the police. With disbelief many of us asked follow up questions to the person who originally sent out the message, trying to ascertain if he was sure it was indeed ‘Ozuah’ (as many of us called him) who had been murdered, within an hour we had another member of our set confirm that Ozuah was indeed the one.

As details emerged, it turned out that one of our former classmates who is now based in the UK had come into Nigeria for Ozuah’s wedding. This classmate had gone to visit the new family after they returned from their honeymoon, and at 10pm had been driven to the Gbagada Expressway (in front of the UPS office) by Ozuah to catch a cab home.

As they were waiting for a taxi to pass by, a Police pickup truck with intoxicated but uniformed policemen in it pulled up about 10-15 feet from them, and a policeman fired a shot directly into Ozuah’s chest, with the bullet going right through.

The classmate who was with him immediately ran for cover, as he did not want to be shot too. By the time he returned a few minutes later, Ozuah’s bleeding body was on the ground, with a plethora of policemen, including the DPO from the Anthony Police Station gathered around it. He was late transported to a private hospital in Ikeja where he was confirmed dead, even though the Gbagada General Hospital was nearby.

Thus a young man’s life was snuffed out by a police force that was created to serve and protect him and his fellow citizens.

I’m still in shock, angry, bitter, disappointed and dejected, but I’m determined to play my part to ensure his death would not be in vain. The Nigeria Police Force must arrest and prosecute the policemen responsible for his cold blooded murder. I’m also putting this narrative out now, so that tomorrow we won’t hear how Ugochukwu Ozuah was resisting arrest, or got shot during an armed robbery operation gone wrong, or some other ridiculous story that the NPF is notorious for concocting when they shoot innocent people down in cold blood.

I pray the Lord grants his family the fortitude to go through this terrible time, and his new bride strength as she mourns a man she had barely been married to for one week.

To Ugochukwu Ozuah, the self styled ‘Wizard of Oz’ from our KC days, I say Floreat and adieu my brother, one day we shall meet again in a much better place.

Source: http://www.bellanaija.com/2012/09/22/a-tragic-loss-friends-family-of-ugo-ozuah-who-was-allegedly-killed-by-the-police-5-days-after-his-wedding-seek-justice/

The Nigeria Police are not so different from LASTMA and VIO officers...and all others in *coloured uniform. All these retired agberos wey government give amnesty! The rot has eaten deep!

Pathetic! Absolutely devastating!!

Nice work IGP, you have proven to us yet again that you are indeed licensed to amuse.

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Front page please.

I have often said that policemen need to undergo regular psychological evaluation. Police work is stressful, demanding and can turn a regular person into a psychotic case. The Nigerian Police Force, as presently constituted and run, is a threat to the safety and security of Nigerians. Nobody is safe!

very very bad! This is just too much!

Nigeria! Land of horrors and untold grief. A boulevard of chattered dreams. An accursed place.

Even paddypower can bet 3/1 that nothing would be done on this case.SMH

I feel for the widow. What now for her?

Soon, Nigeria will rob shoulders with somalia, the most dangerous country to live in. If quick steps are not taken quick. I guess I should be processing my visa to UAE.

I often tell people that I fear the Nigerian Police more than Armed Robbers.

Hmmn. I really feel for the new bride.

How and where did the DPO and other officers "appear" to the scene ?

How would the IG claim its not his men when its reported that his men.took him to hospital ? Nobody could get their names or picture ?

I am speechless. . .

Policemen kill because they know they will always get away with it. Pathetic. IG is busy defending them, no investigation by independent security agency, will the SSS implicate the police when they are birds of the same colour.

Shocking. UPS that's my area, way to my house.... it could have been anybody. May God protect us........

I can imagine what the poor lady is going tru right now

Please let's not fold our arms and watch this go by. Let's occupy something if we have to.

This has gone beyond too much

I have said it: until people start killing family members of policemen, they will not stop.

Guys lets analyse this.a police van approached ugo,parked and shot him at close range.it shows it was deliberate and intentional.They must have been following him and it cud just be a hit job or it could just be a case of mistaken identity Guys lets analyse this.a police van approached ugo,parked and shot him at close range.it shows it was deliberate and intentional.They must have been following him and it cud just be a hit job or it could just be a case of mistaken identity

murder,let the culprit hang

Nigerian Police men are the most wicked people on planet earth! Oh no! Why! Why why! Rendering my fellow woman a widow in just five days! Chai! And still yet the fuccking IG says they are not his men! Oh Lawd! Nigeria is Doomed till eternity!

Fucck IG!
Fucck Nigeria Police!
Fucck Federal Republic of Nigeria!

What is the justification for pulling a trigger on unarmed citizen?

stepo707: Guys lets analyse this.a police van approached ugo,parked and shot him at close range.it shows it was deliberate and intentional.They must have been following him and it cud just be a hit job or it could just be a case of mistaken identity Guys lets analyse this.a police van approached ugo,parked and shot him at close range.it shows it was deliberate and intentional.They must have been following him and it cud just be a hit job or it could just be a case of mistaken identity

What ever it is. Is wrong. Even if its a hitjob it is wrong for it to be carried out by the Police. Mistaken Identity? that's classic. Even an armed robber by law can not be executed, he has to be arrested, interrogated and charged to court. They court determines cases, police is not a justice system, but law enforcers.

stepo707: Guys lets analyse this.a police van approached ugo,parked and shot him at close range.it shows it was deliberate and intentional.They must have been following him and it cud just be a hit job or it could just be a case of mistaken identity Guys lets analyse this.a police van approached ugo,parked and shot him at close range.it shows it was deliberate and intentional.They must have been following him and it cud just be a hit job or it could just be a case of mistaken identity

May police do a hit job on you too. Insensitive goat

This is one problem too many for Nigeria! Innocent man killed just like that. This is a very sad story...I wan to cry. What is wrong with Nigeria? Why all these mishaps and problems? We need to all retrace our steps. So many churches here and there yet our country is going from worse to worst. Righteousness; the bible says exalt a nation. Are we christians, especially our religious leaders, doing it and praying as we should? These and many more are questions we need to ask ourselves as it is only God that can deliver Nigeria.

& to the family of the Late Ozuah, the good Lord will comfort you and grant u the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.

the police pulled the trigger,the doctors probably denied him treatment,police should be charged with murder,and the doctors negligent homicide and be struck off,both r murderers

the police pulled the trigger,the doctors probably denied him treatment,police should be charged with murder,and the doctors negligent homicide and be struck off,both r murderers

stagger: I have said it: until people start killing family members of policemen, they will not stop.

How will that solve the problem? You are worst than the police who killed ugo.. So you want to start killing people who are innocent cos of some stupid policeman..

Fuvk!! Hired Guns!! 9ja arrangements, may his soul rest in peace!

Na wa o... W.A.P. RIP....