POLICE ARRESTS SARS OFFICIAL WHO KILLED UNDERGRADUATE IN LAGOS

The police have arrested the Special Anti
Robbery Squad officer who fired the shot that
killed an undergraduate of a polytechnic in Edo
State, Joseph Eidonojie-Ugbeni.
It was learnt that the suspect was nabbed on
Friday shortly after Punch Metro published the
report. A Punch correspondent had reported
that some SARS officers, who were chasing a
suspected Internet fraudster at the Ogoja
Market along LASU-Igando Road, had started
shooting sporadically.
The bullet was said to have hit 20-year-old
Joseph in the head, while his cousin, Friday
Ojah, fled to avoid been killed.
Ojah had told Punch that the policemen took
Joseph’s corpse and dumped it in the boot of
the fraudster’s car, before driving away to the
command headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos.
It was gathered on Sunday that the officer
that fired the shot had been arrested and
taken to the scene of the incident.
A source said, “He was arrested on Friday and
taken in handcuffs to the place where the
incident happened.”
A legal practitioner and friend of the victim’s
family, Saheed Sanni, said the family had
decided to petition the Inspector-General of
Police on the case to demand justice for the
victim.
It was learnt that the suspected fraudster,
Badoo, who the officers were allegedly
chasing on the day of the incident, had
reported at the command headquarters. A
source said the suspect had been detained.
He said, “Badoo lives in that community and
is popular; the SARS officers also know him.
He was not their target that day. They had
actually conducted a raid and arrested some
people. They were leaving when they sighted
him in his car. They called his name and he
quickly abandoned his car and fled.
“He had just returned from the bank that day.
Badoo had travelled to South Africa and had
recently returned to the community.”
The victim’s father, Patrick Eidonojie-Ugbeni,
demanded justice for the son.
He said, “The Badoo they were chasing
showed up on Friday at the SARS office with
his lawyer and parents. I met the Officer-in-
Charge of SARS as well. They shot my son in
the head and they claimed that he had a gun
and that they shot him in self-defence. How is
that possible when he was shot in the head
from behind? All I want now is that the police
should release the post-mortem result and the
police report on the incident.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo
Badmos, said the case had been transferred
to the homicide section of the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department for
discreet investigation.
She said, “The state Commissioner of Police,
Fatai Owoseni, has directed that the case be
investigated by the homicide section. We will
come out with the full report at the
conclusion of investigation.”




Source :naijaloaded
Edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE