The
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, has been called
upon to probe the shooting and killing of a 15-yearold boy allegedly by
the police, who later labelled him a robber.
The slain teenager was identified as Lovely Omoregie. After he was killed, his five friends, who witnessed his murder, were arrested and also allegedly labelled armed robbers.
The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN), made the call after it received the information about the killing in Benin, Edo State, from a law firm to the deceased.
B. A. Iluobe Law Firm, based in Benin, Edo State informed NOPRIN that on June 5, that six young persons were playing card game in front of their house at No. 20, Omoregie Street, off Upper Mission Extension, Ikpoba Hill, Benin when the incident occurred. The players were between the ages of 15 and 24.
The NOPRIN National Coordinator, Okechukwu Nwanguma, said a team of policemen from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Edo State Police Command drove into the compound and asked them why they were not in school at that time. He said: “They handcuffed the boys and later shot the 15-year-old Lovely Omoregie thrice and arrested the other five.”
It was further gathered that on June 6, the police obtained a warrant to bury Omoregie from a coroner’s court, after allegedly misinforming the magistrate that the deceased was shot at a scene of robbery. “On June 7, the family ran to Iluobe Law Firm and the head of the chambers quickly called the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) on the phone and told him that the state would burn if Lovely Omoregie was buried as an armed robber,” Nwanguma added.
He said that the lawyer also called the state commissioner of police and also warned him to avoid problem by acquiescing to the secret burial of the boy as an armed robber. After the call, the commissioner ordered the arrest of the six policemen responsible for the brutal murder of the teenager.
The slain teenager was identified as Lovely Omoregie. After he was killed, his five friends, who witnessed his murder, were arrested and also allegedly labelled armed robbers.
The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN), made the call after it received the information about the killing in Benin, Edo State, from a law firm to the deceased.
B. A. Iluobe Law Firm, based in Benin, Edo State informed NOPRIN that on June 5, that six young persons were playing card game in front of their house at No. 20, Omoregie Street, off Upper Mission Extension, Ikpoba Hill, Benin when the incident occurred. The players were between the ages of 15 and 24.
The NOPRIN National Coordinator, Okechukwu Nwanguma, said a team of policemen from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Edo State Police Command drove into the compound and asked them why they were not in school at that time. He said: “They handcuffed the boys and later shot the 15-year-old Lovely Omoregie thrice and arrested the other five.”
It was further gathered that on June 6, the police obtained a warrant to bury Omoregie from a coroner’s court, after allegedly misinforming the magistrate that the deceased was shot at a scene of robbery. “On June 7, the family ran to Iluobe Law Firm and the head of the chambers quickly called the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) on the phone and told him that the state would burn if Lovely Omoregie was buried as an armed robber,” Nwanguma added.
He said that the lawyer also called the state commissioner of police and also warned him to avoid problem by acquiescing to the secret burial of the boy as an armed robber. After the call, the commissioner ordered the arrest of the six policemen responsible for the brutal murder of the teenager.
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