The Nigerian Senate has resolved to investigate the circumstances surround the death of Miss Linda Angela Igwetu, the NYSC Corper who was allegedly shot by a Police Officer two nights ago.

Senator Atai Aidoko, citing Order 42 and 52, raised the issue, stating that while on her way home with her friends, the corper was shot and rushed to Garki hospital, Abuja but was not treated because they needed a police report.

Commenting on the Motion, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, said:

“There are two issues here. One, is how could this have happened? How could the officer mistakenly or otherwise have shot in such a way that led to this young ladies death?

“Secondly, we have passed this Compulsory Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshots Act, and the President assented to it on the 30th of December 2017.

“Until we start holding people accountable to these kinds of incidents, they will not stop. What is the point of us passing a Bill, and the President assenting to it, then it becomes law, and still, people will decide that they will not treat a patient.

“Is it that they are not well-informed? Is it that they were not aware that such a law exists? There are a number of issues that we need to address.

“Every Nigerian life is important. Especially young ones that are just about to start their own lives and careers. This is a loss that could have been avoided.”

The Senate resolved to:

Mandate its Committee on Youth and Sports to investigate the death of the NYSC Corper; mandate its Committee on Health to investigate the non-treatment of the patient, and; mandate its Committee on Police Affairs to investigate the cause of the incident.

All three Committees have been directed to report back to the Senate in 2-weeks.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/07/senate-takes-action-on-death-of-female-corper-killed-by-police-officer.html

the police man don buy market.

Instead of bickering back and forth about what happened on the night I think I would have been better to pass a motion for the the total reformation of the arms policy of the Nigerian police by stopping the arbitary issuance of very powerful assault rifles as the primary weapon of the police, the situation which we have now where any policeman is just issued an AK47 rifle to carry simple civil police duties like crowd control, traffic control , vehicle registration checks is very wrong and must be stopped ...The police must have a special weapons and tactics unit who shall be the sole bearers of power weapons and be called out only when there is a threat that requires the use of such powerful tactical weapons . Every other police man depending on rank and duty should be issued just 500 volt taser , baton and .38 pistol as side arm if necessary ...the situation where even chronic alcoholics and drug addicts some already suffering from terminal illnesses and even mental illness are issued Ak47 assault rifles to carry out simple civic police duties cannot continue and should not be entertained any further...an assault rifle is not called an assault rifle for nothing As the name implies it's for assaulting a target and not policing .

The way that policeman's village people are marking him

Our NPF are all animal in human skin

Chaii. And I hear the girl was supposed to pass out today...Wahala just come from nowhere since the herdsman become president....naea

Empty action. The IG has no iota of respect for Saraki and Buhari will shield the Minister of Health too.

hang that idiot by his balls... may our parents not mourn over us ....amen

they should scrape off this nysc and create a one year vocational training for graduates instead.

two died in bayelsa days ago. another drowned in same bayelsa. weeks ago, one was gang raped in same bayelsa


this nysc is a waste of one full productive year of our youths, some lose their lives and others lives change for the worse after staying in a strange land for 12 months

Haba

Senator Atai Aidoko, citing Order 42 and 52, raised the issue, stating that while on her way home with her friends, the corper was shot and rushed to Garki hospital, Abuja but was not treated because they needed a police report.

The girl's lawyer has clarified she was treated, without demand for police report!!!

This is why some people need to be careful of spreading fake news.

So because this one has no collected his Salary for months, he decided to take out his anger on an innocent citizen? He would have done the world a favour by shooting those responsible for his unpaid salaries.

Sorry girl. RIP

Useless Government! A happened.....they set up committee, B happened.......they set committee! Committee committee committee! Avenues to embezzle more money!

If the police force was reformed and our health sector very effective, she wouldn't have died! She's just one in a million.

Innocent people die almost every day from police/SARS brutality!

The policeman's village people watching his matter on 3D.

2 weeks? ....lol matter go dun die

Good one.

Sad event.

So sad.

arrest the police and sue the hospital

The policeman don enter gbege he don buy market wey he no fit pay

Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say...

I was here to see the action taken by the Senate but as usual Na just talk

THIS IS NIGERIA HUMAN LIFE WORTH NOTHING!

good move... At least one arm of government is working...

Don't come here and say the Senate is working, they are only doing it because President Macron is in town.

the idiotic police is in soup

Good move by the government. I just hope they take it serious to the end and please give that policeman the death sentence. Killer in uniform!

Tragic stuff....

We are not ready in this country at all!

That very police officer should be disgraced out of police force....
what sort of killing transmission is that.

nonye6194:
they should scrape off this nysc and create a one year vocational training for graduates instead.

two died in bayelsa days ago. another drowned in same bayelsa. weeks ago, one was gang raped in same bayelsa


this nysc is a waste of one full productive year of our youths, some lose their lives and others lives change for the worse after staying in a strange land for 12 months

l concur

So painful.... no matter wat they do to this useless Police man, it will not bring back dis lady..

SalamRushdie:
Instead of bickering back and forth about what happened on the night I think I would have been better to pass a motion for the the total reformation of the arms policy of the Nigerian police by stopping the arbitary issuance of very powerful assault rifles as the primary weapon of the police, the situation which we have now where any policeman is just issued an AK47 rifle to carry simple civil police duties like crowd control, traffic control , vehicle registration checks is very wrong and must be stopped ...The police must have a special weapons and tactics unit who shall be the sole bearers of power weapons and be called out only when there is a threat that requires the use of such powerful tactical weapons . Every other police man depending on rank and duty should be issued just 500 volt taser , baton and .38 pistol as side arm if necessary ...the situation where even chronic alcoholics and drug addicts some already suffering from terminal illnesses and even mental illness are issued Ak47 assault rifles to carry out simple civic police duties cannot continue and should not be entertained any further...an assault rifle is not called an assault rifle for nothing As the name implies it's for assaulting a target and not policing .

It would be best you take this suggestion to their website or write a formal petition suggesting the above.

To me, its the best advice and should be implemented ASAP.

Kudos