BENIN CITY— FOLLOWING the setting up of a panel of enquiry to unravel the alleged killing of a 22-year-old Ibrahim Momodu, a final year student of the University of Benin by a police officer, last Wednesday, by Governor Adams Oshiomhole, the corpse was yesterday exhumed by the police to undergo an autopsy.

Meanwhile, controversy has continued to trail the killing of Momodu. While the police command in the state is claiming that he was a robber who was shot while trying to evade police arrest, the family said their son was never a criminal and was shot unjustly by the police.

However, it was learnt that the DPO who allegedly shot the deceased was being investigated as the state Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adebanjo, had vowed to investigate the matter.

Civil society organisations and students staged a peaceful protest last Tuesday, calling for the investigation of the matter.

Executive Director of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Rev. David Ugolor, who led other civil society organisations to the family of the deceased and to the cemetery, commended the state government for investigating the matter, just as he condemned the alleged extra judicial killing of the student.

Governor Oshiomhole had last Tuesday urged the parties to remain calm and allow the panel to investigate the matter with a view to unravel the truth. However, there was heavy presence of the police at the cemetery where the corpse was exhumed, yesterday.

The exhume body was taken away by a team of pathologists and Vanguard observed that the deceased was buried with the cloths which he wore the day he was shot. Counsel to the family of the deceased Barr.Jeff Uworghiren, described as wicked “the allegation by the police that the deceased was a criminal. But I am happy we have our pathologist ready so we will see how it goes. We are only asking for justice, this is a test case for the new chairman of the Police Service Commission”.

Wendyslim: Dem for allow am rest nah. Why dem dey suffer the lifeless body

playcharles: i was in uniben weeks ago, those guys b crooks and robbers.....imagine my iphone 4, dem collect am from me. dey ask who i b... dey deserve wat they get, no need wastin time investigating

playcharles: i was in uniben weeks ago, those guys b crooks and robbers.....imagine my iphone 4, dem collect am from me. dey ask who i b... dey deserve wat they get, no need wastin time

playcharles: i was in uniben weeks ago, those guys b crooks and robbers.....imagine my iphone 4, dem collect am from me. dey ask who i b... dey deserve wat they get, no need wastin time investigating

playcharles: i was in uniben weeks ago, those guys b crooks and robbers.....imagine my iphone 4, dem collect am from me. dey ask who i b... dey deserve wat they get, no need wastin time investigating

Omen100:



What purpose you serve in the earth you ignorance fool like Freecocoa have called you, so because your iphone was stolen then human lives should be cut short unjustly abi?

gat2so: . Shy na me send you go there go meet there girl friend ni... Dem no rob you na you crayfish .... Wetin you go do for there...

Wendyslim: Dem for allow am rest nah. Why dem dey suffer the lifeless body

playcharles: i was in uniben weeks ago, those guys b crooks and robbers.....imagine my iphone 4 and wallet they collected from me, was left stranded, the fact is some UNIBEN student are thieves...

playcharles: Pls don't judge the police too quickly, we all know how stubborn some UNIBEN student can be, let those in authority investigate

gbanikiti: Kudos to Oshio baba for looking into the case. No peace for the wicked!