MURDER OF A GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE IN DELTA STATE: CALL FOR INVESTIGATION

Date: 29-11-2011 8:24 am (12 years ago) | Author: Juliet Odis
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- at 29-11-2011 08:24 AM (12 years ago)
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Monday, November 28, 2011.

The Inspector-General of Police,
Force Headquarters,
Louis Edet House,
Abuja.

Dear Sir,

IN THE MATTER OF THE EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING OF CHIEF OGBE ONOKPITE (WHO WAS A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE OF THE CITIZENS POPULAR PARTY IN APRIL 26TH GENERAL ELECTIONS HELD IN DELTA STATE)

We act on behalf of the members of the ONOKPITE and IGHOMRORE families of Okpe and Uvwie Local Governments in Delta State respectively represented by Chief V. E. Onokpite who is the elder brother to Chief Ogbe Onokpite.

It is our brief that Chief Ogbe Onokpite (born 38 years ago) WHO WAS A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE OF THE CITIZENS POPULAR PARTY IN APRIL 26TH GENERAL ELECTIONS HELD IN DELTA STATE was lodging at a hotel called Beeland Hotel situated at Orhuwhorun in Udu Local Government Area, Delta State when men of the Nigeria Police attached to the Police Area Command, Warri (in the company of other plain cloth unidentified persons) stormed the hotel to arrest Chief Ogbe Onokpite.

On arrival at the said Hotel, the police ordered the receptionist on duty at the hotel to show them the room where Chief Ogbe Onokpite was lodging. Out of extreme fear, the receptionist obeyed and took the policemen to Ogbe’s room and he was immediately arrested and brought out (to the open still within the hotel premises) and shot in the leg.

Chief Ogbe was then carried out of the Hotel premises (still alive) in a vehicle bearing the inscription of the Nigeria Police, Area Command Warri to the Police Station at Warri where he was again shot in other more delicate parts of his body and left thereat to bleed to death.
The attached photographs speak volume as to the barbaric and dastard murder without trial of Chief Ogbe Onokpite in the hands of men of the Nigeria Police under the watchful eyes of the Area Commander in Charge of the Policemen serving the Delta Central District of Delta State.

Need we say that Chief Ogbe Onokpite has a right to life guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and nothing in this Constitution justifies extra-judicial killing of any person no matter the offence he may have committed.

It is in the light of the foregoing, we are calling on you to employ your good offices to unravel and bring to book the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force involved in this illegal killing of Chief Ogbe Onokpite who, like any other citizen of Nigeria is presumed innocent until proved guilty.

The Onokpite family is prepared and are urgently requesting for a Coroners’ Inquest to be made in order to obtain the autopsy report and a full Criminal Investigation Report of the murder of an innocent citizen. The lifeless body of Ogbe Onokpite has been dumped at the morgue in the Central Hospital Warri, Delta State.

We look forward to an expeditious treatment of this petition in the interest of justice and for the benefit of the bereaved family members.



Yours sincerely,



FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ.
HEAD OF CHAMBERS

CC:

1. Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GCFR)
President and Commander-In-Chief,
Armed Forces of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Aso Villa, Abuja.


2. The Chairman,
National Human Rights Commission,
Abuja.


3. Chairman,
Committee on Public Petitions
(SENATE),
National Assembly, Abuja.

4. Chairman,
Committee on Public Petitions
(House of Representatives),
National Assembly, Abuja.






The photo of his corpse might be offensive to some, please click here if you want to see it


http://pointblanknews.com/new/pressreleases/3116-murder-of-a-governorship-candidate-in-delta-state-call-for-investigation.html

Posted: at 29-11-2011 08:24 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
- julee2 at 29-11-2011 08:26 AM (12 years ago)
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Chai! re the police really our friend? I doubt. Angry Angry Angry
Posted: at 29-11-2011 08:26 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- jovison at 29-11-2011 01:15 PM (12 years ago)
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What is with Nigeria police for Christ sake...Rest in peace man.
Posted: at 29-11-2011 01:15 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie
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- babyleslie at 29-11-2011 04:13 PM (12 years ago)
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 :'( :'( :'( :'(
Posted: at 29-11-2011 04:13 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ninokadiri at 29-11-2011 04:48 PM (12 years ago)
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What a shame!
Posted: at 29-11-2011 04:48 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- apprehended at 29-11-2011 04:50 PM (12 years ago)
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Kai..dis popos ar animals. may d gud Lord render dos involved instant judgment.
Posted: at 29-11-2011 04:50 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Vigilante at 29-11-2011 04:51 PM (12 years ago)
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Start with the opposition candidates.
Posted: at 29-11-2011 04:51 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- helenojimadu at 29-11-2011 04:57 PM (12 years ago)
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dis is very bad,dis so-called people call police are so heartless. i wonder why they are called uniform men.they should discard them into a refuse dump out side niaja cos they are out cast
Posted: at 29-11-2011 04:57 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie
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- lanudja at 29-11-2011 05:06 PM (12 years ago)
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Ooh J.E.S.U.S...What is dis? :'( :'( :'(
Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:06 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
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- embago at 29-11-2011 05:08 PM (12 years ago)
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Another tragedy in Nigeria Fake police...i hate cops..
Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:08 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Youngstoriez at 29-11-2011 05:09 PM (12 years ago)
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DIRTY GAME..... Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked
Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:09 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- toibeli at 29-11-2011 05:12 PM (12 years ago)
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Politics in Naija, kill or be killed Huh?
Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:12 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- toibeli at 29-11-2011 05:12 PM (12 years ago)
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Politics in Naija, kill or be killed Huh?
Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:12 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- richiestone at 29-11-2011 05:15 PM (12 years ago)
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Criminal in uniform called NIGERIAN police, too bad.
Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:15 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- ify0 at 29-11-2011 05:18 PM (12 years ago)
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what kind of thing is this,this is too much now,rest in peace man.
Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:18 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- GideonC at 29-11-2011 05:33 PM (12 years ago)
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this is evil by the 'po' without ' Angry Angry lice' :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:33 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- jiraiya at 29-11-2011 05:34 PM (12 years ago)
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 Angry
Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:34 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- kebella at 29-11-2011 05:35 PM (12 years ago)
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politic...............RIP Angry Shocked :'(

Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:35 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- onyeanwunaokonk at 29-11-2011 05:37 PM (12 years ago)
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may ur soul rest in peace
Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:37 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie
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- onyeodinaka at 29-11-2011 05:45 PM (12 years ago)
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RIP
Posted: at 29-11-2011 05:45 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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