Dismissed Policeman Among Burnt PoS Robbers in Enugu

The Enugu State Police Command on Friday faulted reports that the Point of Sale robbers lynched to death in the state capital were policemen serving in New Haven Police Division.

However, the command admitted that one of robbers, identified as Ogbobe Benjamin, was a police constable dismissed for indiscipline.

The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ammani, stated this in a statement by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe on Friday.

The command said available records only revealed that one of the robbers had long been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force as a constable for discipline, stating, “Hence, he can never be seen or said to be a serving policeman as claimed.”

The CP condemned the mob action and extra-judicial killing of the two PoS suspected robbers along Bissala Road, Independence Layout, Enugu.

He ordered the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to carry out a discreet investigation to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident and those involved.

The commissioner reiterated that no matter the circumstance, resorting to self-help to carry out acts of jungle justice in such a manner, without recourse to extant laws and the criminal administration system, was condemnable and tantamount to the commission of crime in itself.