The two policemen who beat up and killed one Ogar Jombo, a two-star officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Abuja last month, have been dismissed and charged to court.
The
Civil Defence officer died after he was assaulted by the two traffic
wardens identified as TW GII Idoko Sunday and TW GII Katdel Dabit – for
violating traffic rules.
The arraignment of the dismissed
officer followed investigation, which indicted them for assault and
excessive use of force on the deceased after his arrest.
A
statement by the Force Spokesman, DCP Frank Mba in Abuja on Wednesday
also noted forensic analysis by a pathologist as seen in the autopsy
report clearly traced the cause of death to injuries inflicted on the
deceased during his encounter with the traffic wardens.
Details
of the update into the cause of death of Ogar read: “In keeping with the
assurances by the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Mohammed Adamu,
to ensure a transparent, accountable, comprehensive and speedy
investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late
ASC Ogar Jumbo, an Assistant Superintendent of the Nigerian Security and
Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Nigeria Police have today arraigned in
Court the two Traffic Wardens – TW GII Idoko Sunday and TW GII Katdel
Dabit for complicity in the unfortunate death of the NSCDC Officer.
He also stated that the two traffic wardens have been remanded in Kuje Prisons pending the next adjournment of the case.
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