Controversy has continued to trail the
killing of a 15‑year‑old teenager, identified as Lovely Omoregie, in Edo State,
allegedly killed by policemen under questionable circumstances.
according to reports, the deceased was
killed on june 5 at about 11.00 am while he was playing card game with five of
his friends in front of their residence, 20, omoregie street, off upper
mission, ikpoba hill, benin city.
vanguard learnt
that a police team from the special anti‑robbery squad (sars), edo state police
command drove into the compound and asked the young men why they were not in
school at that time. according to a source close to the deceased family, before
the teenagers could respond the police allegedly handcuffed the boys and later
shot the victim thrice and arrested five others. The names of the teenagers,
who were arrested after the late lovely omoregie was shot, are magnus ohenuwa,
24. maureen omofonmwa, 19; omorogie osarodion, 17 (elder brother to the late
lovely); akhere okwueze,17 and efosa uwadia, 18.
While the family of the deceased was
left to mourn their dead, on june 6, the edo state police command obtained a
warrant from a coroners court after misinforming the magistrate that late
omoregie was shot at a scene of robbery. with the new development, the victim’s
family approached a counsel to take up the case.
According to the family lawyer,
benjamin iluobe, who spoke with vanguard on phone, “i called the
investigating police officer, ipo, on phone and warned him that omoregie should
not be buried as an armed robber. i also called the Edo state commissioner of
police not to allow his officers bury the victim as an armed robber. the
commissioner of police ordered for the arrest of the six police officers
responsible for the murder of the innocent teenager.” The commissioner of
police also pleaded with me to see him in his office, but i gave him condition
that the five other teenagers in custody be released. which was why the cp
ordered for the release of the teenagers. “Immediately after their release, i
proceeded to court on june 9 and obtained an ex-parte motion that
restrains the police from burying the murdered teenager and the hospital from releasing
the corpse to the police pending the determination of the motion on notice
fixed for july 8.
vanguard reliably
gathered that there is a grand plot to cover up the case as those responsible
for the death of lovely omoregie are senior officers and are offering monetary
compensation to the family to discontinue the case.
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