Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, told Channels Television on Wednesday morning during a breakfast programme, “Sunrise,” that Orji’s dismissal followed Tuesday’s confession by one of the suspected killers, David Chinasa Ugbaje.
The students were set upon by a mob in Aluu, a community close to the university, and lynched.
They were later identified as 19-year-old Lloyd Toku ( 200 level Civil Engineering); 18-year-old Ugonna Obuzor (200 level Geology student); 20-year-old Chiadika Biringa, (200 level Theatre Arts student); and Tekena Erikena, a 20-year-old a diploma (Technical) student by the management of the university.
The police, on Monday, had named Coxson Lucky, alias Bright, as the mastermind of the lynching.
Lucky, who was said to owe one of the students an undisclosed sum of money, reportedly raised the alarm that the students were robbers when they went to his house to demand for the money.
The mob, which converged on the venue of the altercation, then beat and burn the students to death.
Mba said the discovery was made after the police carried out an internal investigation, adding that he would also be tried for murder.
The dismissed policeman and a colleague were alleged to have stumbled upon the angry mob beating the students, Mba said.
“The officers were not even sent to the scene; he (sergeant) went on his own, outside the code of conduct and professional ethics of the job.
“One was professional to ask the mob to stop and the other asked them to continue,” he said.
He said the fact that the police were prepared to prosecute Orji was a measure of its resolve to put an end to all forms of impunity in the Nigerian Police
He said mob attacks were not peculiar to Nigeria, adding, “It is something we must work together to review. Nigerians must not be quick to heap the blame on the police alone.”
He insisted that, like other agencies in the country, the police force also had persons of questionable character.
“if you recruit an officer, the person carries the family value around. We need reorientation from the families and to the various worship centres.
“We must look at the content our mass media is dishing out, we have to review all this,” Mba said.
Thumb up 2 nigeria police dat gud job dis will serve has deterrent 2 other, Keep d gud work.
ReplyDeleteThumb up 2 nigeria police dat gud job dis will serve has deterrent 2 other, Keep d gud work.
ReplyDeleteThis comes to me as a surprise that the police force did not deny the involvement of the officer.This is their Style of exonerating their officers.
ReplyDeletewell,i think the current IGP is up to the task.Kudo to u Oga agba olopa Naija.
ReplyDeletegbosa tx 10 for naija police
ReplyDeleteI tink he shuld also be charged 2 court n prosecuted accordingly. Kudo 2 NPF.
ReplyDeleteWhen shall NPF be free from unwanted elements that call themselves policemen. I think top agenda to IGP should b to flush out wicked n foolish seeds in the force. Lucky Orji should be made to dance the tune law system plays.
ReplyDeleteThanks Indeed IGP, Police force is one of Nigerian Government Parastatals I so much hate passionately. In-fact I would prefer to Kill Police Officer Instead of Snake, because I see many of them as been Callous and Wicked in their actions. For the IGP to have exposed this criminal in human flesh, God will bless you Sir. Although I believe forgiveness, if this guy did not show any sense of remorse I recommend that they should arrange beating for him and late set him ablaze like those guy they killed so that they will fill the pains too.
ReplyDeleteThis is a welcome development. But there is still no sense of justice in it. You dismissed the office only while other suspects are paraded and are still in police custody even those that claimed to do only flogging. They will be tried and dealt with according to the law if they are found guilt, that is what IG said. I think the police officer should be also tried and punished also. Dismissing him alone is not enough punishment and cannot serve as enough punishment for such crime. His case is worse than the crime of the murderers because he gave the order. He should therefore bear the responsibility of the crime of those that obeyed the order.
ReplyDeleteGreat. IGP. My happy meter is now 75%. Pls publish the picture of the police man and roast all those foolish murderers.....in accordance to the law, that is.
ReplyDeletePls, my fellow Nigerians NPF cannot be trusted, the question is said how many innocent people had died in the hand of police, l know Almigthy God shall them, secondly whats the biz btw them & the said Orji? God have mercy on us
ReplyDeleteThanks,for the steps taken so far by the police,this is just one out of many.I know no body want to blame the dead's for a wrong doing,to be frank,even though two wrongs won't make a right it is better we outline lesson to be learned from this ugly piece,mobilizing friends as task force to a debtor's house should be condemned so that the younger generation should see the implication of taking law into their hands,please, let the police authority educate the general public steps to take under such condition.
ReplyDeleteNa wetin dey tell us..if care is not taken.they publish this cover up There dirty tracks.. Omo!!, ekelebe na ekelebe na d same Pple.
ReplyDeleteHello NigerianEye. Please I suggest you have a ''thumb up or like'' button and the reverse.
ReplyDeletePlease work on that. Thank you.
Thumbs up to the police force.
Fake story.I beg stop deceiving us, the did has done,4 ALUUS don die.
ReplyDeleteDismissal is not enough they shuld be kill de same way those boys were killed bcos they are wicked.
ReplyDeletefor sure trust police wit their fake story,News criminal attitude,deceivers that's whom they are. they don't dismiss any police, cover story that's what they know useless criminal call police.