Taraba State youths have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, over the gruesome murder of their colleague, Oliver Ezra Barawani, by a police officer, Sgt Haruna Idi.
According to the group, Ezra was shot by Idi at a checkpoint on Jalingo Numan Road on November 19, 2021, while driving the Chairman of Lau local government area. He was taken to the hospital, but he died two days later. In November of 2021.
According to SaharaReporters, Ezra was shot and killed by a police officer (Ida) for allegedly refusing to pay a bribe of N50.
The police, on the other hand, denied the bribery charge, claiming that Ezra was hit by an accidental discharge during a struggle with Sergeant Idi at a roadblock along the Jalingo/Yola road
DSP Usman Abdullahi, the Taraba police command's spokesperson, stated that the deceased had physically engaged the officer in a fisticuff.
According to Taraba youths, Idi should face charges for his murderous act.
They stated that the checkpoint where Ezra was shot is notorious for heinous activities carried out by criminal Police officers, and that it should be investigated.
These requests are contained in an OTYC press statement signed by Rt. Comr. Philip Achagwa and Chief Comr. Daniel Gelle Kwanchi Esq, which SaharaReporters obtained on Wednesday.
The youths stated in a letter sent to Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku and copied to others that it is the government's responsibility to protest lives and property and ensure victims of violence receive justice.
"It is under these circumstances and with heavy hearts that we write you today, urging for an independent investigation by the Nigeria Police Force into the unimaginable and unconscionable MURDER OF MR. OLIVER EZRA BARAWANI, which our preliminary findings indicate that while he was driving his principal, the Executive Chairman of Lau Local Government Area of the State, one Sergent Haruna Idi of the Nigeria Police Force assigned on a 'beat' at a checkpoint, one Sergent
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"I was approached by a Police orderly assigned to the Chairman. The deceased, and later the chairman, it is our understanding that while everything appears to have been resolved and everyone in the vehicle was boarding, Sergent Haruna Idi shot Mr Oliver Ezra from behind on November 19, 2021, where he died while on admission on November 21, 2021.
"While the murder of Oliver Ezra has gone viral, and the murderer has been apprehended and is still in police custody, we find it appalling, inhumane, and grossly insensitive to report that the murder was the result of police brutality."
"Mr. Oliver Ezra Barawani was a recent college graduate with a bright future." We met with the family, friends, and the chairman of the Lau local government area to get their take on the late Oliver Ezra Barawani, who was talented, disciplined, calm, and selfless in all his commitments. People confirmed that he was a reserved individual who rarely got into arguments with anyone. As a result, it is not normal for a man tasked with protecting lives and property to take human life without justification.
"Furthermore, it is on record that the Nigeria Police Force's act of police brutality at that particular checkpoint was inhumane."
"We knew that the Nigeria Police Force, led by Inspector General Alkali, had done great things in the field of crime detection and control, with skilled and honest officers doing this country proud." The Nigeria Police Force has previously intercepted various syndicates of high-class criminals who have proven to live above the law; they were not arrested and brought to justice, but their victims were compensated.
"However, given previous incidents of negligence, concealment of facts, and numerous conflicts, we are far from confident that true justice will be served in this case without the intervention of the Inspector General of Police, whose sincerity of purpose has transformed the Nigerian Police into a world-class security outfit in the shortest possible time since his assumption of office." Given the circumstances of Sergent Haruna Idi's death, we demand that the IG direct and prosecute Sergent Haruna Idi in court.
This will put an end to the cycle of crime and police brutality.
"Finally, the unity and strength of our dear state pride as 'Natures gift to the Nations' rest on the unshakeable foundations that there will be equity and justice for everyone in Taraba state, indigene or non-indigene, resident or visitor, male or female, old or young, whatever your tribe, religion, or political affiliation, justice for Oliver Ezra will be justice for all."
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