Mother Demanded For Justices Over The killing of
Daughter by Police Accidental discharge .
The
mother of a 17-year-old girl killed by trigger- happy policeman at Akoun,
Ikorodu, Lagos State, Mrs. Janet Anifowose, has demanded justice over death of
her daughter.
Anifowose,
in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, said Adijat
Shakiru was the only apple of her eyes.
According
to her, the girl was killed shortly after returning from school on Wednesday
(read earlier report here).
Some
police operatives attached to Lagos State Taskforce on Environment came to the
area for an operation and in the process one of them shot Adijat, an SSCE 1
student.
“When
my daughter returned from school, she started doing her homework, few minutes
later we saw people started running all over the place and all of a sudden, I
heard gunshot.
“Immediately,
I saw my daughter lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
“When
I realised she is dead I tried to hold the policeman but he jerked my hand and
push me away.
“I
called on my neighbours to help me and they came out and supported me, carried
my daughter inside a pool of blood where she was lying dead.
“One
of them suggested that we should go and report the case to the police since it
involved their officer; three of my neighbours and other people accompanied us
to the police station at Imota.
“On
getting there, due to the crowd, the DPO ordered that we should be locked up
and the crowd should be dispersed; the car that brought us, the tyres were
deflated, three people, including me, were detained.
“At
about 11 p.m., the Area N Commander came and ordered that I should be released
as well as drove me back to my house at Akoun in Adamo with his car. I am
calling on Nigerians to help me, this is an injustice from the police.
“My
daughter is the only one that assists me every time, now they have taken her
away from me, people should come and help me this is cheating,” Anifowoshe
said.
Lagos
State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, confirmed the
incident, saying that police was investigating circumstances surrounding the
death of Adijat Shakiru.
Elkana
said that one Sgt. Mudi Emmanuel was undergoing orderly room trial at the
Command’s Provost Marshall Unit for professional misconduct over the killing.
Elkana
added that Mudi’s actions fell short of the rules of engagement for the use of
firearms and professional standards for police and would be charged to court
for murder.
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