The
Inspector General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has ordered investigation
into the alleged murder of Femi Bello, a 300 level student of Economics
at the Kaduna State University by policemen in Nasarawa State.
Counsel to the family of the deceased, Mr Nanpon Wuyep of Sterling Law Centre, the IG’s order is contained in a tweet from the handle of the Deputy Force Police Public Relations Offi-cer (DFPRO). Bello was arrested by policemen in Nasarawa State when he went to visit his friend.
Wuyep said the boy did not know why he was arrested.
According to him, Bello was taken to the police station. The lawyer added that by the time Bello’s mother and younger brother got information of his arrest and rushed down to the police station, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the station told them: “He don die” (he is dead).
According to the DPO, while the police were taking Bello somewhere in a van, he jumped off the moving van despite handcuffs and died. But the family alleged that he was killed by police since the stories of how he died were conflicting.
The Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, has intervened in the case. The governor was said to have instructed the police to release Bello’s body to his family.
The police complied. Wuyep has filed an application to the Mararaba Magistrates’ Court for a Coroner’s Inquest into Bello’s death. The hearing comes up on December 22.
Counsel to the family of the deceased, Mr Nanpon Wuyep of Sterling Law Centre, the IG’s order is contained in a tweet from the handle of the Deputy Force Police Public Relations Offi-cer (DFPRO). Bello was arrested by policemen in Nasarawa State when he went to visit his friend.
Wuyep said the boy did not know why he was arrested.
According to him, Bello was taken to the police station. The lawyer added that by the time Bello’s mother and younger brother got information of his arrest and rushed down to the police station, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the station told them: “He don die” (he is dead).
According to the DPO, while the police were taking Bello somewhere in a van, he jumped off the moving van despite handcuffs and died. But the family alleged that he was killed by police since the stories of how he died were conflicting.
The Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, has intervened in the case. The governor was said to have instructed the police to release Bello’s body to his family.
The police complied. Wuyep has filed an application to the Mararaba Magistrates’ Court for a Coroner’s Inquest into Bello’s death. The hearing comes up on December 22.
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