Molly Kilete
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has condoled with the families of the deceased officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogar Jumbo, allegedly killed by two traffic policemen in Abuja.
The IGP has also ordered a through investigation into the brutal act, assuring that the matter would not be swept under the carpet as it is being insinuated.
He said a team of unbiased and professional police detectives were handling of the case.
Adamu, who made this known in a statement, said everything humanly possible would be done to ensure that justice prevails and called for calm from the bereaved family and the public.
The late Ogar Jumbo, an Assistant Superintendent of the NSCDC, was allegedly beaten to death by two traffic police officers at Nyanya, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for allegedly driving against the traffic.
The IGP in the statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba reads: “The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu has ordered a comprehensive and speedy investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Ogar Jumbo, an Assistant Superintendent of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
“While condoling with the family, the commandant general of the NSCDC, friends and professional colleagues of the deceased, the IGP reassured them that everything humanly possible would be done to ensure that justice prevails in the case.
“He equally enjoins that the NSCDC along with the family of the deceased, may, for the purpose of transparency, nominate any medical doctor of their choice to witness the autopsy, at the appropriate time and venue. Needless to state that an autopsy, which is a comprehensive forensic examination on the body of a dead person, will help the investigators to have a definitive understanding of the real cause of death of the deceased.
“The IGP therefore calls for calm from the family and friends of the deceased and the entire public, reiterating that the case will not be swept under the carpet.”