A group, Ukehe United Front, Abuja (UUFA), has urged the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police, Mr Usman Alkali, to as a matter of urgency intervene in the alleged gruesome murder of three children in Suleja, Niger.
The UUFA’s Chairman, Barr. Ìfèsì Nwodo, made the call during a news conference on Thursday in Abuja.
Nwodo said the three children namely, Chidinma (3), Chidubem (7) and Chiedoeze Aroh, were murdered on Saturday, February 27, at their resident, Berger Paint street, in Suleja.
Nwodo said that on that fateful day, the mother of the children, Mrs Chinedum Aroh, a widow who lost her husband in March 2019, left the house for her business at Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babangida market in Suleja.
“Surprisingly, when she came back from the market, she could not find her children, all effort to know their where about was to know avail.
“She immediately reported the incident to the Suleja B Division of the Nigeria Police. In the wee hours of March 1, the lifeless bodies of the children were found inside their ‘Geepee’ water tank situated at the back of their compound.
“We were told that a forensic analysis report on the blood stain iron door of the perpetrator(s) will be reveal through Bank Biometric Verification Number (BVN), but sadly, up till this moment, nothing was said to have been done.
“The Nigeria Police Command Minna, without conducting a thorough investigation over the killing, took the matter to a Magistrate court in Suleja that has no jurisdiction over an homicide case.
“We therefore call on the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police to please intervene on the matter, and bring the culprits to book. This will bring justice for the innocent children and their families,” he said.
Nwodo also called on the Senator Representing Enugu North Senatorial District, Sen. Chuka Utazi, to bring this matter to the floor of the Red Chamber for necessary legislative intervention.
According to him, the shady and reckless investigation conducted by the Nigeria Police Command, Minna, Niger State is condemnable.
“We also condemned the activities of the two officers of the Force Criminal Investigative and Intelligent Department (FCIID) Area 10, Abuja who refused to do their constitutional duties after being mobilised accordingly.
“It is them today, who knows whom it will be tomorrow,” he stressed.
