Enugu: Police Condemn Killing Of Two Suspects By Mob

 

By Adadainfo

The commissioner of police, Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani, has condemned the mob action and extra-judicial killing of two alleged male criminal suspects on 09/11/2022.

The incident happened along Bissala road, Independence Layout, Enugu, our correspodent gathered.

CP Ammani has therefore ordered the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (SCIID) to carry out a discreet investigation to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident and those involved.

The CP, according to a press release by the state police command’s PRO, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, described ‘as untrue and unfounded, the viral media report suggesting that the victims are policemen serving in New Haven Police Division of the command’.

The release stated that, “Contrary to the report, available records only revealed that one of them, later identified as Ogbobe Benjamin, has long been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force as a police constable for acts against discipline. Hence, he can never be seen or said to be a serving policeman as claimed.”

Meanwhile, the commissioner has reiterated that no matter the circumstances, ‘resorting to self-help to carry out acts of jungle justice in this manner, without recourse to extant laws and the criminal administration system, is totally condemnable and tantamount to the commission of crime in itself’.

He cautioned ‘against such heinous and cruel acts that violate the provisions of the constitution and other extant laws, especially as it concerns the inalienable rights of the person; and impedes the command’s efforts at combating crimes and criminality in the state’.

Ndukwe stated that, “The CP has urged citizens of the state to always be law-abiding and assist the police in the fight against criminals and their activities, especially by arresting and handing over criminal suspects to the police for further lawful actions, in line with the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015, the amended Nigeria Police Act 2020 and other laws’.

He further called on them to promptly report general acts of crimes and criminalities to the nearest police station, or by calling the command’s emergency hotlines on 08098880172, 08032003702, 08075390883 or 08086671202; or alternatively send emails to infoenugupolice@gmail.com.

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