Drama In Abia As Family Rejects N.3m Compensation From Police Over Slain Vulcanizer

“The last meeting we had with the Police was in the August, when they (Police) said we should go and cost what it take to bury our brother, but we told them that we cannot cost it, because the deceased has a family, his children, wife and aged parents that were relying on him before he died. We told them to do the costing themselves since they want us to settle amicably. In the month of September they invited us and they said they have N310, 000 to give, but we rejected the offer. We told them that the amount cannot handle the burial alone, let alone giving something to the deceased man family. We told that them to go back to their drawing board and organize themselves, for now that’s where we are, since then they have not called us to tell us anything again.
I have requested that we should be allowed to see the new commissioner of police for us to negotiate with him, but the officers handling the matter said no, they claimed that the new commissioner of Police does not know anything about this matter. He however said the family wants the Police to handle the burial expenses and give the widow of the deceased reasonable amount of money to continue with the training of her children. No amount of money given to us that will be able to bring our brother back to life. All we are after is to make sure that they release the corpse for us to bury, they should arrange for the casket, ambulance and paid the mortuary bills, then give his widow something to continue with life , we have nothing to do than to come bury him".