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Apo Six: No Justice After 12 Years - Victims' Families by boogiedown247: 12:44pm On Feb 14, 2017 |
The families of the six traders in Apo, Abuja, popularly known as “Apo Six”, who were allegedly murdered by some policemen led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in-charge of Operations, Mr. Danjuma Ibrahim, 12 years ago, have said that “there can be no justice in the matter again having waited for more than a decade to secure justice at the Abuja High Court.” Five traders and the fiancée of one of the victims were on June 8, 2005, killed by trigger-happy policemen at Gimbya Street, Area Eleven, Abuja, when they were returning from a nearby night club. A police probe panel chaired by then Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Mike Okiro had found the policemen culpable and recommended their immediate dismissal from the NPF. Similarly, a Judicial Panel of Inquiry setup by the Federal Government against the backlash of protests resulting from the killings, chaired by Justice Olasumbo Goodluck, also confirmed the indictment by the Okiro Panel and asked the government to tender a public apology and pay N3 million compensation to each of the deceased families, which the government complied with. But, 12 years after the accused were charged to court, the matter has suffered several adjournments, leading to resentments being expressed by the families of the deceased. Rising from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court session on Monday, which again postponed judgment on the matter, the families of the victims stormed The AUTHORITY Newspapers’ corporate office in Abuja, insisting that “there must have been more to it all,” adding that “there can never be justice after 12 years of delay in delivering judgment on this matter.” They stated that “with the unnecessary delays being experienced on this matter, with the judge being ready every time to accept an adjournment, we are convinced that those who killed our brothers are actually above the law and that there will be no justice at the end in this matter.” “The court of law, as they say, is the last hope of the common man, but the way the whole matter is being delayed, we can’t understand what is behind it.” “How can anyone tell us that one of the senior police officers that killed our relations will be walking about the streets in Abuja freely, while we are still brooding over our late relations 12 years after they were gruesomely murdered? “We even heard that this man is a consultant and contractor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and this man was immediately granted bail and he has been moving about doing his normal business as if nothing mattered, while our families groaned endlessly over these losses and the court is not helping matters through endless adjournments. “We appeal to the Federal Government and well-meaning Nigerians to remind the court that this type of delayed judgment is no longer justice. Justice delayed is justice denied and we have witnessed it ourselves. We don’t know what else to do but, we have decided to handover this matter to God. “Whatever they like and whenever they like, let them deliver whatever judgment they want to deliver. That certainly is no justice. But God will judge all of us,” the families’ spokesman, Mr. Elvis Raphael Ozor, stated. This expression of disenchantment was made after an Abuja High Court, headed by Justice Ishaq Bello, on Monday adjourned the matter till March 9, 2017. The court had earlier scheduled judgment on the alleged extrajudicial killing of the victims but informed the parties that the judgment was not ready yet. The accused were arraigned on a nine-count charge of conspiracy and culpable homicide, which the prosecution led by Chief Chris Uche (SAN) submitted, contravened the provisions of Sections 97 and 221 (a) of the Penal Code Law. The police officers standing trial are DCP Danjuma Ibrahim, Othman Abdulsalami, Nicholas Zakaria, Ezekiel Acheneje, Baba Emmanuel and Sadiq Salami. They were accused of culpable homicide over the alleged killing of Messrs Ifeanyi Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Isaac Ekene, Paulinus Ogbonna, Anthony Nwodike and Miss Augustina Arebun.
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Re: Apo Six: No Justice After 12 Years - Victims' Families by Aadeyinka(m): 8:47am On Feb 15, 2017 |
boogiedown247:Rip to the dead, God dey |
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