Ex-cop admits policemen killed Victor at Bayelsa checkpoint

Date: 13-06-2013 7:58 am (10 years ago) | Author: Direct
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One of the three dismissed policemen who are standing trial for the killing of a 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor at a checkpoint in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has admitted that they fired the gunshots that killed Victor.

Victor was killed on October 16, 2011 in the presence of his mother who tried in vain to stop the policeman from killing her son. He was allegedly killed for condemning extortion and bribery at the checkpoint.

After the shooting, the police were said to have removed a copy of the Bible he held in his hand and replaced it with a pair of scissors.

But Lucky Oberemelu, who was cross-examined at the Nembe High Court, Yenagoa, on Tuesday, said the deceased died from a gunshot fired by one of them.

In a desperate effort to exonerate himself from the shooting, he said his colleague, Mathew Ighaghe, pulled the trigger that killed Victor.

While admitting that he was a trained policeman, Obemerelu denied receiving training on disarming armed assailants.

He listed the training he had received so far as an inspector to include Police Mobile Force Training, combat training, rescue training and General Duty Training.

Despite his training, he claimed that the late youngster stabbed him on the right and left hands before collecting his smoke gun and smashing it into two.

When asked whether the smoke gun was made of metal, he said it was made of aluminum.

When asked why he was only assigned a smoke gun on the day of the incident despite being the most experienced policeman, he said, “Anything could be assigned to anybody.”

He further claimed that his colleagues were a little far from him when the deceased stabbed him several times with scissors.

The suspect, who initially claimed that he saw the deceased attack John and Mathew when they came to rescue him, however, said he could no longer tell the time his colleagues were attacked by the deceased.

“He attacked me and I ran away. I ran 50 meters and was helpless. So, I don’t know what happened,” he said.

When asked how to disarm somebody with a scissors, he said, “I am empowered by Force Order 237 to use my available weapon to disarm who wants to attack me”.

Obemerelu, who claimed to be married with four children, told the court that he started his police career in Ibadan in 1989, served in Oyo and Enugu states before coming to Bayelsa State.

He said he was from Edo State.

Posted: at 13-06-2013 07:58 AM (10 years ago) | Hero
- Herdeola1 at 13-06-2013 08:09 AM (10 years ago)
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Hmmmm
Posted: at 13-06-2013 08:09 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
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- winace at 13-06-2013 09:12 AM (10 years ago)
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Police wit their big fat lie. It took them 3yrs to tell d truth. Now d boy can rest in peace.
Posted: at 13-06-2013 09:12 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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