Murdered Moses Murtala Aminu: No Justice One Year Later

Thirty-year-old first class graduate of Economics from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Moses Murtala Aminu was shot dead by a constable with the Nigeria Police. Moses had on Sunday, left his No. 67 Ahmadu Ahidjo Street, Narayi High Cost family residence for a party in Barnawa, Kaduna State.

According to his friend and eyewitness, the police constable who was identified as Alex Okpe was beating up Aminu’s girlfriend outside the party venue when he tried to intervene. At that point, the constable got angry, reached for his jeans trousers, brought out his gun and fired, killing Aminu on the spot. The constable also shot in the air as he escaped on his motorcycle.

The killer policeman has been tracked down and arrested by officers from the Barnawa Police Division.

The incident has also been confirmed by Femi Adenaike, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police and he said that it was true Alex Okpe was arrested and he confessed to the killing on interrogation. He said that Okpe claimed that he fired in ‘self-defence’ when Moses and his friends were trying to fight him over his girlfriend. According to the Police, Okpe was not even sent to Barnawa as at that time and he will be tried and dismissed if found guilty.

“The suspect is in the cell and we have commenced investigation. And if he is found guilty, we will give him an in-house trial and summary dismissal so that he can face the law for homicide,”the police boss said.

Source: www.campuswaka.com/2014/11/27/police-man-kills-first-class-graduate/

September 29, 2014, marks exactly one year since Moses Murtala Aminu was shot by a trigger-happy police corporal.

A 30-year old first class graduate of Economics from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Murtala Aminu was murdered on 29 September, 2013, by trigger-happy Corporal Alex Okpe in cold blood.

The victim, Mr Aminu, left his family residence for a party at Barnawa, Kaduna, never to return only to be returned as a corpse to his aggrieved parents.

According to his friend and eyewitness, the police constable was beating up his girlfriend outside the venue of the party and when Murtala tried to intervene, he angrily pulled out his gun from his trousers and fired straight into his heart late Mr Aminu.

After shooting Murtala, the police constable, feeling afraid of possibly being lynched, fired again into the air twice to scare the people around and then escaped on his motorcycle.

It is one year and it's been all silence on this issue. Nigerians demand that his killer be brought to justice and made to pay for what he did.

Police men are constitutionally supposed to protect harmless citizens and not attack them. Nigerians will not rest until Alex Okpe pays for his crime!

Until his death, Murtala Aminu was the youth leader, Catholic Holy Family Church, Barnawa and owned a shawamar and roasted fish outlet at Narayi-Highcost.

http://www.elombah.com/index.php/reports/26045-murdered-moses-murtala-aminu-no-justice-one-year-later

This totally inhumane of the highest order. The way we misuse the power committed into our hands is un-becoming.

Wow, finally, I think I now understand that feeling u get wen u are FTC. Yea, finally I did it. #Nairaland fever

this should be on the front paqe pls...... The Niqerian Police force is just a waste

So pathetic! Man's inhumanity against man.

Just imagine:: The Police is your friend..


What Nonsense!!! I hate the Nigerian Police to the core!!!

Nigeria police are all animals

The Policeman deserves to die

Some naija policemen no dey try at all

He should not only be tried and dismissed! He should be hanged!!!

What do you expect from a man putting on black clothes all his life? A killing machine.

this day everything is going more wrong than right.
every sector is going nut

why is he beating up the gal? Nigerian police behaving like animal since 1963

The rate this trigger happy men shoot at innocent citizens is so annoying. RIP to the deceased.

Another waste!!!!! Years of night class,nescafe, and blasting courses you never really understood all gone to waste thanks to the ever 'ready' naija police force.

Wat annoys me most is dat he shot a first class graduate. Chai ! Waste of brain...... Wat more wuld u expect in a country wia policemen kill ppl d a expected to protect...... Im fit tlk say na accidental discharge.

We can complain all we want about boko haram. But these little killings going on within the country account to more death rate than any bombing

They should sentence the police man to sambisa forest.

jasper7:
We can complain all we want about boko haram. But these little killings going on within the country account to more death rate than any bombing

FACT

Nastydroid:
why is he beating up the gal? Nigerian police behaving like animal since 1963

My guy, he has stopped beating beating the gal, the policeman shot him, he is dead

Wickedness everywhere ?

What is this police man's business beating up a lady who isn't his daughter .

police is your friend...
Friend indeed

Pathetic!

Nawa o

Since he has confess to the crime, pls nd pls shoot him in d head.


One reason I don't like attending party especially night party.

Oru ko meni owo

Bendyke:
Wat annoys me most is dat he shot a first class graduate. Chai ! Waste of brain...... Wat more wuld u expect in a country wia policemen kill ppl d a expected to protect...... Im fit tlk say na accidental discharge.

So it is okay to shoot a third class graduate?

bad

Woman matter eeh? na wa o. which kain life naw

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This is not ordinary! A strong man from his father's house has destroyed him!!

I decree upon the life of every eye that sees this post, every strong man fighting your future and destiny will fall for your sake IJN.

Unless your strong man falls, you will never rise

Oh what a waste.