Crime/Social Justice
'A slap on the face of police', IGP urged to get killers of inspector in Edo
Written By: Isaac Olamilekan
12 Aug 2024 09:41 AM
Benin, Edo – Comrade Kelly Okungbowa, the National Coordinator of the Youth 4 Youth Initiative, has charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Olukayode Egbetokun, to expedite action and bring to book the brains behind the attack on the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial standard bearer in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo which resulted in the killing of his security aide Inspector Onu Akor at the Benin Airport.
He stated: “The truth of the matter is that when the incident happened we laid a complain and the police swung into action. By the grace of God we were able to arrest at least two persons whom I know will be in police custody by now and the police are doing proper investigation. I want to let the public to know that delay is not denial in a case like this.
“A mobile policeman was murdered in cold blood. It is a slap on the face of the police if they cannot do what’s right. I trust the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun (IGP). Just a few days ago I watched on national television when the Senate President(Senator Godswill Akpabio) was giving ultimatum to the IGP. I know that by the grace of God they’re working on it."
Also, a former commissioner in the state, Kassim Afegbua, flayed commissioner of police, Funsho Adegboye for the none prosecution of those mentioned in the July 18 attack.
According to Afegbua, names of those suspected to have carried out the attacks were submitted to the Edo police command and yet the commissioner has not acted on it to bring the perpetrators to justice.
"Of particular reference is Chief Francis Inegbeniki, who was seen with the Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, in Irrua, Edo Central, in a meeting on Wednesday 8th August with former Senator Clifford Odia also in attendance. It is suggestive that the Edo State Governor is shielding Chief Inegbeniki and others from facing prosecution concerning their role in the murder of Inspector Onu Akor.
"We find it quite curious that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Funsho Adegboye has not reined in those criminal elements who executed the 18th July attack that claimed the life of Inspector Onu Akor. From day one, we expressed qualms about the deportment of the Commissioner of Police and opined that he was complicit in the matter; now his silence over the matter has confirmed our initial position that the CP himself, was involved in the gambit to attack our candidate and the Deputy Governor of the state.", The media consultant to Edo APC campaign organization said in a statement recently
However, though the police were yet to confirm any arrest of the suspected attackers, the command after the incident assured members of the public to remain calm, that investigation were on to unravel those behind the dastardly act.
"The CP reiterates the command’s inexhaustible commitments in protecting the lives and property of the law-abiding citizens of Edo State and the general public. He, however, vows to arrest, name, shame, and bring to book the perpetrators of this dastardly act,” the command's spokesperson at the time, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, now replaced by SP Moses Joel Yamu.
He stated: “The truth of the matter is that when the incident happened we laid a complain and the police swung into action. By the grace of God we were able to arrest at least two persons whom I know will be in police custody by now and the police are doing proper investigation. I want to let the public to know that delay is not denial in a case like this.
“A mobile policeman was murdered in cold blood. It is a slap on the face of the police if they cannot do what’s right. I trust the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun (IGP). Just a few days ago I watched on national television when the Senate President(Senator Godswill Akpabio) was giving ultimatum to the IGP. I know that by the grace of God they’re working on it."
Also, a former commissioner in the state, Kassim Afegbua, flayed commissioner of police, Funsho Adegboye for the none prosecution of those mentioned in the July 18 attack.
According to Afegbua, names of those suspected to have carried out the attacks were submitted to the Edo police command and yet the commissioner has not acted on it to bring the perpetrators to justice.
"Of particular reference is Chief Francis Inegbeniki, who was seen with the Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, in Irrua, Edo Central, in a meeting on Wednesday 8th August with former Senator Clifford Odia also in attendance. It is suggestive that the Edo State Governor is shielding Chief Inegbeniki and others from facing prosecution concerning their role in the murder of Inspector Onu Akor.
"We find it quite curious that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Funsho Adegboye has not reined in those criminal elements who executed the 18th July attack that claimed the life of Inspector Onu Akor. From day one, we expressed qualms about the deportment of the Commissioner of Police and opined that he was complicit in the matter; now his silence over the matter has confirmed our initial position that the CP himself, was involved in the gambit to attack our candidate and the Deputy Governor of the state.", The media consultant to Edo APC campaign organization said in a statement recently
However, though the police were yet to confirm any arrest of the suspected attackers, the command after the incident assured members of the public to remain calm, that investigation were on to unravel those behind the dastardly act.
"The CP reiterates the command’s inexhaustible commitments in protecting the lives and property of the law-abiding citizens of Edo State and the general public. He, however, vows to arrest, name, shame, and bring to book the perpetrators of this dastardly act,” the command's spokesperson at the time, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, now replaced by SP Moses Joel Yamu.
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