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ALLEGED EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLING: PETITONER FAILS TO PROVE THE IDENTITY OF ACCUSED IN THE DEATH OF UCHENNA EMMANUEL SAYS POLICE.
ALLEGED EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLING: PETITONER FAILS TO PROVE THE IDENTITY OF ACCUSED IN THE DEATH OF UCHENNA EMMANUEL SAYS POLICE.
By: Michael Mike
The Police on Monday told the Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units in Abuja, that a petitioner, Blessing Emmanuel has failed to prove the identity of the person(s) who allegedly killed her son, Uchenna Emmanuel during the clash that broke out in Dutse, a suburb in Abuja,on 20th October,2020.
She said the clash was between the youths and personnel of Nigeria Police Force occasioned by the End Sars protest.
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Presenting its oral address the police stated that the burden of proof of facts lies on who asserts and that the petitioner has not been able to prove the allegation, beyond reasonable doubt, that the police killed her son extrajudicially.
Speaking before Dr Garba Tetengi, SAN the police argued that the identity of the accused is very paramount and crucial in matters of extra judicial killing.
Fidelis Ogwobe, Counsel to Police, explained that in the matter of Uchenna Emmanuel’s death there was contradictory testimony before the panel as to the cause of death and who was responsible for the death.
Continuing, Ogwobe stated that the petitioner’s (mother to deceased) testimony was debunked by the defence witness(DW1), Inspector Kumode Ozovehe before the panel and that the statement given by the deceased father at the Dutse Police station were contradictory.
Ogwobe informed the panel that the issue of identity is essential in proving the allegation of death, saying when the identity is in contention then the law does not rely on such testimony.
Ogwobe disclosed further that the Prosecution Witness failed to establish the cause of death by rejecting the request of the police to carry out autopsy on the deceased to ascertain the cause of death.
Earlier, Counsel to the panel, Afolabi Olawale who is assisting the petitioner stated that they were relying on the evidence before the panel for justice to be served.
The matter has been adjourned for panel’s report.
In another development, the police stated they had no witness to call and no defence to put forward in the matter of alleged unlawful arrest, detention, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, seizure of property, malicious prosecution and extrajudicial killing of late Joseph Ovedje, brought before the panel by Comrade Godwin Okolo & 5 others on behalf National Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle owners &Riders Association, Delta State.
The police informed the panel that it would rely on the evidence before the panel to give its oral address.
The matter has been adjourned to 30th March,2022 for adoption of written address.
ALLEGED EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLING: PETITONER FAILS TO PROVE THE IDENTITY OF ACCUSED IN THE DEATH OF UCHENNA EMMANUEL SAYS POLICE.
Troops rescue four kidnapped commuters in Yobe, foil ISWAP terrorist ambush
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of the 135 Special Forces Battalion under Operation Desert Sanity IV have rescued four kidnapped civilians from ISWAP terrorists following a swift counter-offensive along the Gashua–Azare highway in Yobe State.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama on Saturday that the operation was carried out at about 6:10 p.m. on Friday, May 9, after intelligence reports indicated that insurgents had abducted travelers while riding on 15 motorcycles.
Quick Response Forces (QRF) from the battalion, swiftly mobilised to the area and engaged the terrorists in a heavy exchange of gunfire.
“The troops overpowered the terrorists, forcing them to retreat in disarray and abandon one motorcycle,” the source said.
The soldiers pursued the insurgents up to 6 kilometers from the ambush point, leading to the successful rescue of four abducted civilians. Items recovered from the scene included a pumping machine, a motorcycle tube, a plier, and three spanners.
Troops rescue four kidnapped commuters in Yobe, foil ISWAP terrorist ambush
FCT Police arrest two notorious armed robbers in Kurudu
By: Zagazola Makama
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested two notorious armed robbery suspects terrorising Kurudu and its environs.
The suspects, identified as Hassan Adamu and Auwal Mohammed, both aged 25, were arrested on May 8 at about 2:00 p.m. during a targeted raid by operatives of the Scorpion Squad.
Police sources said that the suspects were linked to multiple violent robbery incidents in the area.
“One of the suspects confessed to a specific robbery at Angwan Hausawa, Kurudu, where a male victim, identified as Mohammed, was stabbed and later died from the injuries sustained during the attack.
Acting on credible intelligence, police operatives stormed a criminal hideout in Kurudu where the suspects were apprehended. A sharp dagger, reportedly intended for use against police operatives, was recovered during the search.
The suspects also revealed the identities of other members of their gang who remain at large and are believed to be armed.
The police sources said a manhunt is ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects and recover additional weapons.
FCT Police arrest two notorious armed robbers in Kurudu
Gunmen kill four in Logo lga of Benue, as security forces intensify hunt for killers
By: Zagazola Makama
Four persons have been killed by suspected armed men in Tse-Nyamkyume, Tombo Council Ward, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, the Police Command confirmed on Tuesday.
Zagazola Makama report that the victims, identified as Matthew Mvendaga, Mernangwajume, Ushahemba Mvendaga, and a woman whose full identity is yet to be confirmed, were shot dead around 11 p.m. on Monday by gunmen suspected to have come from Guma Local Government Area.
The sources said that a top Police Officer was currently leading a combined team of conventional policemen and personnel from the Police Mobile Force (PMF) to comb the area in pursuit of the assailants.
The police sources assured residents that efforts were being intensified to apprehend those behind the attack and bring them to justice.
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