A member representing Ede North/Ede South/Ejigbo/Egbedore at the House of Representatives, Hon. Bamidele Salaam, has threatened to institute legal action against the Nigeria police if they fail to disclose the identity of operatives of Joint Task Force that involved in the chasing that led to the death of Idris Ajibola, a 21-year-old boy on Tuesday in Osogbo, Osun state.
Speaking with the press in Osogbo, after visiting the family of the boy on Thursday, Salaam said the deceased would have been 21 year on October 3, 2020, wondering why the police could not apprehend the chasers after 48hours of the accident.
He said he was concerned because the incident happened at Ofatedo in Egbedore local government, one of the constituencies he represents.
“As we speak, there is no record of arrest of any of the perpetrators after 48 hours that a human being died and three of them are in serious pains.
He called on Osun state government to set up a judicial panel of enquiry, saying “there is need to have a public enquiry to probe the incident.
“I am also calling on the Inspector General of Police to immediately order the arrest of those men and prosecute them, because they are not ghosts. If this does not happen, I will be ready to institute a legal action against the Nigeria Police Force to claim aggravated damages for the family of this young man.
“Within seven days, they should apprehend them and bring them to justice. If they fail to do that, I will on behalf of my constituent, institute legal action against the police.
“Nigerians are already traumatized. The standard practice is to use the radio to call on police on the purported escape roads of suspects and not to chase them to their death.
“There is no record of this people being on the wanted list of the police, there is no warrant of arrest by a police or competent court of jurisdiction for their arrest. They should not be chased. It is against sense. It is against practice and it is against the law,” Salaam maintained.
