Court reminds four policemen in prison for murder of a car dealer

BY: EBEN ENASCO KINGSLEY (BENIN CITY)

Miffed by the extra-judicial Killings in the state, the Commissioner of Police Edo  State, CP, Chris Ezike has disclosed that Four policemen attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad, Lagos Police
Command, have been remanded in Prison, in Benin City, for allegedly killing a car dealer, Benson Obodeh

The state’s Commissioner  who briefed journalists on the incident, said the four policemen were arrested after Homicide Detectives from Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department were ordered
to take over the case.

The name of the  Policemen involved in the heinous act were giving as Adedeji Adeleke (33), Oniyo Musa (35), Abena John (33) and Henry Shobowale (32) who came to Edo State on a pretext of investigating a
report on a stolen car and arrested the late Obode on May 21.

It was learnt that it took the family of the deceased 63 -day to locate the mortuary where his corpse was deposited.

It was also said that they used the ATM card of the deceased to withdraw N350,000 from his account in Port Harcourt.

CP Ezike revealed that the four policemen were tried and dismissed from the Force and charged for murder on October 19, 2015 as the case file has been forwarded to the Department of Public Prosecution for onward legal advice.

The commissioner also paraded 52 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists, warned a fleeing notorious kidnapper, Arikpo Nwagbara, to report to the nearest police station.