Group Accuses FG Of Trivialising Killing Of Policemen

A rights group, the Centre for the Vulnerable and Underprivileged (CENTREP), has accused the Presidency of taking too lightly the brutal murder of three serving police officers and a civilian by soldiers of the 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba State, with the marching orders it gave the Defence Headquarters to investigate the incident.
The Executive Director of the group, Mr. Oghenejabor Ikimi, in a statement, yesterday, said the outrageous incident called for a judicial panel of inquiry and not a directive to the Defence Headquarters to look into the incident with a view to avoiding a repeat performance in the near future and to compensate the families of the fallen operatives and civilian.
“We believe that the marching order given to the Defence Headquarters by the Presidency to investigate the above incident is an indication that the Presidency is trivializing sensitive issues such as lack of synergy, inter-agency rivalry and sabotage amongst her security outfits nationwide.
“The outcome of the investigation like previous ones initiated in the past would no doubt be swept under the carpet, hence our call for a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the above incidence and to proffer solutions to prevent a re-occurrence in the nearest future,” the group said.
It added, “We are not oblivious of the killing of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and his Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) by soldiers at a police station in Badagry, Lagos State in 2011.