Police dismiss, arraign killers of NSCDC personnel in Abuja

The Nigeria Police Wednesday arraigned two traffic wardens, TW GII Idoko Sunday and TW GII Katdel Dabit, involved in the death of an Assistant Superintendent of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), ASC Ogar Jumbo, on March 20, 2019.

In a statement signed and made available to Blueprint Wednesday by
Force Public Relations Officers, DCP Frank Mba , police said: “the former traffic wardens had earlier been subjected to the internal disciplinary procedures of the Force, tried in an Orderly Room, and dismissed before the arraignment.

“The arraignment of the erstwhile Traffic Wardens is sequel to the outcome of investigation into the case of alleged discreditable conduct and unlawful exercise of authority reported against them on 20th March, 2019, as Police investigations positively indicted them for assault and excessive use of force on the deceased after his arrest.”

“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” and that “the two erstwhile Traffic Wardens have been remanded in Kuje Prisons, pending the next adjournment of the case.”

“In keeping with the assurances by the Inspector General of Police 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 for complicity in the unfortunate death of the NSCDC Officer.

“The arraignment of the erstwhile Traffic Wardens is sequel to the outcome of investigation into the case of alleged discreditable conduct and unlawful exercise of authority reported against them on 20th March, 2019. The former Traffic Wardens had earlier been subjected to the internal disciplinary procedures of the Force – tried in an Orderly Room, and dismissed before the arraignment. Police investigations positively indicted them for assault and excessive use of force on the deceased after his arrest. 

“While the Force deeply regrets the unfortunate incident which resulted in the death of ASC Ogar Jumbo, the IGP enjoins the Public not to lose faith in the Force, reiterating his earlier assurances that, under his watch, no form of impunity or ‘man’s inhumanity to man’ will go unpunished. He therefore warns that like these indicted traffic wardens, any police officer found wanting for unlawful use of force and other sundry offences, will be publicly named, shamed and brought to book to serve as deterrent to others.”

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