EKULOBA YOUTHS BEG OKIRO FOR CADABA OF DEAD COMRADES

EKULOBA YOUTHS BEG OKIRO FOR CADABA OF DEAD COMRADES

THE POLICE IN NIGERIA HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN THE PAST AND EVEN NOW

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.

They sang various war songs for about 10 minutes before they flagged off their world Press Conference.

This is the latest efforts been made by the Ekwulobia Imeobia Obinnwanne Youths Association as they continue to fight over the gruesome killing. killing of 4 of its brethren about 14 years ago via a  case of extra judicial killing .

The Ekwulobia Imeobi Obinwanne Youth Association who lost four of their kinsmen in a reported extra judicial killing over a decade ago  are now asking officials of the Nigerian Police through the Police Service Commission to return the bodies of their fallen brethren to them for burial.

In an address to a cross section of the Nigerian Media recently, The Chief Convener of the group,Mr Akaraka Chinweike Ezeonara  went down memory lane as he recalled the circumstances that led to the gruesome murder of their brothers at the time.

He recalled that the deceased ,namely Anthony Ezenwafor,Chukwuemeka Ezeofor,Izuchukwu Ezeama and Alloysious Osigwe were killed by trigger happy police men then serving at the Aguda  Police Station under Area c in the Lagos state Police Command.

He specifically urged Chief Mike Okiro to use his good offices and position at the Police Service Commission as Chairman to release the dead bodies of their brethren.

His words:”We implore the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase to do something about this issue since he was aware of it in the past,we demand justice from all authourities in Nigeria as it has been 14 years of the killing of our brothers”

“Let the entire world hear our cry of 14 years now”

14 years ago,robbers had attacked a Lagos neighborhood leading to the victims taking to their heels in the process as the policemen kept shooting indiscriminately with the victims shouting in defence that they were not thieves .

“Their remains are with Chief Mike Okiro and we are earnestly demanding for their bodies now”

It was gathered that while M.D. Abubakar held sway as the Inspector General of the Police they were informed that their bodies was still in the morgue.

Alloysius Osigwe who was said to have been apprehended alive during the incident  was later found dead  at the police station,however Chief Jude Okolie who was said to have been the architect of the robbery saga was not even questioned by the Police.