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Saturday 1 August 2015

SARS men dressed our son like armed robber, placed gun on him – Family of murdered youth

Eight days after the killing of a 33-year-old man, Orimisan Omoboye, in Ilaje area of Ajah Lagos, during a botched operation by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos, the family said their greatest fear has come true.
The SARS operatives, who mistakenly shot dead the young man during their operation in the area, have labelled him an armed robber.
It would be recalled that when our correspondent spoke with the victim’s 65-year-old mother, Mama Espa Omoboye, on Monday, July 20, 2015 – the day of the incident, she expressed fear that her son might be labelled an armed robber who was shot while trying to escape because the men refused to hand over his corpse after the incident.
 
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Mama Espa said as her son laid lifeless on the ground, she begged the SARS operatives to leave his body for her, while other youths who had gathered also demanded that the operatives leave the body.
“They killed my son unjustly and took his body away again as if it was some kind of animal killed while hunting. God would judge them if they go and label him a robber,” the woman said at the time.
But fast forward to July 28, 2015, the family said they visited the SARS headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos, only to be shown a photograph of the body of the victim and was told that he was an armed robber killed in a shootout with SARS operatives.
 
One of the deceased’s relations, who was at the SARS office said that a red cloth with fetish objects attached to it had been tied on the deceased body.
 
“When his body was taken away forcibly at Ajah, he had nothing like that on him. There were many Ajah youths around at the time, no gun was found on him. But in the photo they showed us, they had placed two guns on his body,” the relation, Mr. Kehinde Emmanuel said.
 
Orimisan was sleeping in his small one room apartment when he was roused from bed by the sound of gunshots. He reportedly dashed out of his room and was gunned down by SARS operatives who were purportedly in the community on the trail or armed robbers.
Residents said the operatives shot at him simply because he was running at the sound of gunshot.
Orimisan was married and had two children.
 
It was  learnt that since the day of the incident, Orimisan’s wife had not stopped sobbing.
“It got so bad that her family had to relocate her to Ondo State because she refused to eat or talk to anybody. The problem now is how to take care of the children that the SARS operatives have made fatherless,” Emmanuel said.
 
The Civil Rights Liberty Organisation has taken up the case on behalf of the family, petitioning the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni.
 
“SARS men who were armed to the teeth drove in in a Gestapo manner and invaded the area. In an unprovoked attack, they started shooting sporadically in the air. By the time the episode ended, the deceased was lying in a pool of his blood,” the group said in its petition.
 
The organisation said the attack was unprovoked and unjustified, calling on the Lagos State Police Command, to conduct an immediate and proper investigation into the case to ensure justice is done for the family.
 
In another petition sent to the Office of the Public Defender of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, the family vented their anger.
 
“The SARS operatives like every other men of the Nigeria Police are fully aware that it is better for a suspect to escape than for one innocent citizen to be killed due to the misconduct of people who swore to protect lives and property,” the petition reads.
 
The family has also called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to prevail on the Lagos command to ensure that the SARS men responsible for the botched operation in which Orimisan died, is fished out and thoroughly investigated.
 
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Patricia Amadin, said even though she had not taken over as spokesperson in the command at the time of the operation, she would get details of the case and get back to our report. She had yet to do so as of the time this paper went to bed.
 
 
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34 comments:

Unknown said...

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Unknown said...

Feel so sad for the family.
Rip

Unknown said...

Oh! God pls save us frm untimely death and tragic accident. RIP to him and may God judge those responsible for his death accordingly.


Happy New Month!

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. Isaiah 60:1

Henceforth doors r opening, u r moving into a season of open doors. Every door u stand b4 shall b opened b4 u IJN!

God bless Linda Ikeji, all LIB reader's and ur household's! Sweet kisses and luv y'all.

Welcome 2d month of August!
Long Live LIB!

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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May his soul RIP....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

gentle said...

Policemen in nigeria are worse than armed robbers. They even work together with armed robbers. Useless fellows.

Lord Bsek said...

Some things will never change- Tupac Razak Ibn Shakur(1995)

Unknown said...

Oh may God have mercy upon your children.
SARS or what a ever is evil every thing about nigeria force is evil,imagine dressing the poor boy as robber just to answer that the have kill a thief an God is watching,likewise what happen in aba yesterday hmmm how a nigeria soldiers kill 3 innocent people.





nigeria is curse with this kind of monster we call force.








#sad indeed

Trendyify said...

Na their way, ndi ara

















it is well

Tochi Paul said...

Is this not similar to the riot at Aba which you posted yesterday?
What is wrong with our security agencies?
They are getting out of hand ooo

Tochi Paul said...

Isn't this a similar case to the Aba riot yesterday?
What is wrong with our security agencies in this nation?they are getting out of hand oo.
Ndi omere iwu e je nga
#Dankwata

Unknown said...

Those guys are evil and heartless..God judge them

Unknown said...

It's sad nigeria police keep doing this and nothing is done about it,same way they killed my friend and nothing was done,all this police brutality has to stop!

dessymal said...

That's what they do...same wit SSS

Anonymous said...

These SARS pple did the same to my inlaw. Saw he and his friends at junction around 10am waiting for a bus to take them to campus for lectures. These SARS pple picked 2 of them and drove off.
The third located where they were taken to and called an aunt of one of them who the SARS told that the boys were caught robbing. Thank God one of the boy's father is a commissioner of police. He intervened and d SARS confessed they jst saw boys on the road. Imagine!

Unknown said...

So sad! God would judge us all. May his soul rest in peace. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

2bad..I feel 4d family as dz could b any one..

Anonymous said...

The same fate will befall the children of all those involved. In their prime at their peak they shall be cut down. All involved will mourn the loss of children at old age in Jesus name

ary said...

This is so horrible, I still maintain that our forces need an overhaul and an introduction of a psychiatrist and an evaluation team. Like the Americans have internal affairs, to help checkmate things like things.

Anonymous said...

Soon it shall be d children of everyone of dem dat killed him and labelled him an arm man. God will judge dem,may his spirit continue to hunt dem. If witch didn't kill u in nigeria, illiterate ogogoro nigerian police will, where do nigerians go from here.

Unknown said...

This is so so so sad

Unknown said...

Heartbreaking! May his soul rest in peace....

Me said...

I don't understand this sars people, they just kill and frame people carelessly, I used to think it only happens in Enugu, I have a feeling they are above the law

Ese kenora said...

Nigerian police are bastard... if I have a chance to take what they cherished the most in their lives , I will without thinking otherwise...this is so unfair.

Anonymous said...

Aunty Linda Pls we really need ur help in dis so call SARS and POLICE matter,its getting out of hands everyday,innocent soul are been killed everyday and dey frame it up wit different stories,SARS are now advance police doing illegal duties stealing and killing ppl...dey must nt go Scott free.HELP US LINDA

Anonymous said...

We don't even understand d work of SARS anymore, have been attacked before by Sars,was just driving je je and der double crossed me,jumped into my ride took my phones and 32k on me...held me hostage for 15min for nothing...so annoying

Anonymous said...

As long as we continue to recruit riff raffs into d force, this might not stop, they r wicked and heartless ppl, sometimes I wonder if they are normal, d things they do are unimaginable, picking up innocent ppl and calling them robbers? Do they get promotion for doing this? Let's have a course in d University for those who want to join d force, something drastic just has to be done, it's really getting out of hand. Let's have graduates as police officers who go through some moral classes before they are finally recruited!

Anonymous said...

If you have had an encounter with SARS you would know they are one the most corrupt government organisation in Nigeria...

Anonymous said...

If any nigeria police man kill any of my person
i must kill the family of that police man but if
i dont know the police in person then i must kill any police man
i see collecting a bribery

Unknown said...

Dirty Cops.

I B M bolubantin said...

That's why I don't really trust these guys...

TAMARA SPLASH said...

Take heart

Anonymous said...

Let them be doing what ever dey r doing because they have d power to do it but when God will start his own as almighty God let them not complain; God will judge us accordi to what we have done he has eyes and he can see both physical and spiritual he is watching wipe ur tears very soon d will til of God will blow!

Anonymous said...

VERY POSSIBLE. I had an experience too. Threw bullets in my car from the back. At the same time someone else decided its time to search my car. Infact, naija police. If i didnt know someone that know that am a legit person working for a reputable coy for that matter. I dont know the story they will show the media. Run from naija Police before running from an anaconda. It is that bad.

Unknown said...

God knows the hidden things

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