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DPO gets 10 years for killing subsidy protester

A former Divisional Police Officer, Segun Fabunmi, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the killing of one Ademola Ade in Lagos during the January 2012 protest against the removal of fuel subsidy by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Ade, a fashion designer, had been shot dead at about 9am on January 9, 2012 by Fabunmi, who was the then DPO in charge of Pen Cinema Police Station, Agege, Lagos.

The victim was said to have been shot dead when Fabunmi led a patrol team comprising five junior officers to Yaya-Abatan and Abeokuta Streets around Ogba area of Lagos.



Fabunmi, who has since been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force, was on Monday convicted and sentenced by Justice Olabisi Akinlade of a Lagos State High Court, in Igbosere.

The convict was also found guilty of causing grievous bodily harms to three other persons – Alimi Abubakar, Egbujor Samuel and Chizorba Odoh – during the said protest.

Justice Akinlade handed Fabunmi another five years imprisonment for the offence.

Handing down the sentence on Monday, Akinlade rejected the argument of Fabunmi’s lawyer, Mr. George Oguntade (SAN), that the convict accidentally fired the shot that killed Ade, while struggling to retain the possession of his riffle during a confrontation with a mob.

The judge said the prosecution led by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs. Idowu Alakija, proved its case beyond reasonable doubts.

“The only conclusion that can be drawn is that the defendant recklessly shot his rifle and in the process the bullet hit the deceased. He definitely knew that shooting an AK47 can cause grievous bodily harm to anyone the bullet hit.

“The fact that he was on a lawful duty did not mean that he should have shot his gun sporadically,” the judge held.

The convict had on May 5, 2013 been arraigned on seven counts of attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm filed against him by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions.

source: http://www.punchng.com/dpo-gets-10-years-for-killing-subsidy-protester/

I dedicate this my FTC to justice, equity and freedom. May God continue to keep all of us o...

this will be the first of its kind oh
abi na me wei no dey current

Justice!

Justice at last.

End time DPO

Good for him

Idey cum back

Alas.

It's not business as usual. If we can start following our laws like this, i believe sanity will be restored in the police force. Useless trigger-happy people.

men on black again?

Were d DPO con dey all this time... Well Good for him

Justice at last

That's what am talking about . Our fundamental rights should be protected.

That's why am saying NO to the social media bill. You should too

So he had to shoot life bullets? Whatever happens to rubber bullets.
Still of the opinion that he should have been handed a longer sentence or death penalty. NPF sucks

10 years.... Shoro niyen?


He should be given life imprisonment!

bloody end-time DPO

Deserving

Better, the offender did not go unpunished

just 10 years?

All these officers who think they r God shud b shown d way out...#say no to violent killing

Karma is a...

Show mi DPO inn kirikiri Or Adonbilivit

A new sheriff in town...even d judiciary can feel the change.. Remain d looters of arms deal..dasuki dopesi amongst d rest..time to answer ur case

Since 2012!!!....dats too slow na.. Me I want Dasuki and Co own sharp sharp not 2020.

Why not sentence the iddiot to death?
He snuffed out a young life in cold blood.

I hope the ones being massacred in the South East will get justice too?

Slow and steady... we go get there... the judiciary seems to be gradually waking up from a long sleep

Show mi DPO in kirikiri Or Adonbilivit


Naija justice system don upgrade reach dis1?

Denn somthing is either wrong or right somewher

This is too lenient. The family of the DPO must suffer like the family of the deceased. Life imprisonment is the least he deserves.

Policeman will shoot you and get only 10 years in jail. Who knows if the Judge would start counting the jail term from 2012? This judgment is too merciful for a clear case of intimidation, police brutality and cold-blooded murder.

We thought the case has been swept under the carpet. Poetic Justice. Continue to rest in peace