Momodu was allegedly killed by a patrol team led by, Carol Afegba, a
former Divisional Police Officer of Ogida Police Station in Egor Local
Government Area of Edo State.
Afegba, was on Wednesday redeployed from office to pave the way for
the inauguration of a panel of inquiry put in place by the Edo State to
look into circumstances surrounding the killing of the 500-level
Laboratory Science student.
The deceased, whose remains were exhumed on the order of a
magistrate’s court, and taken to Stella Obasanjo Hospital, was still
clad in T-shirt and jeans trousers, at the time he was exhumed from a
shallow grave.
Meanwhile, the police command had dispatched a delegation led by
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Hilda Harrison, to the Momodu family
to offer their condolences.
Lawyer for the family, Jefferson Uwoghiren, said, “The visit to the Momodus is an acceptance of culpability by police.
Source: Punch
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