Idoma Group Condemns Killing of Civil Defence Personnel

By Patience Ogbo

The alleged killing of an Idoma indigene and Assistant Superintendent of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mr. Ochigbo Ogar Jumbo, has been condemned by Ochetoha K’ Idoma, a group formerly known as Idoma National Forum.

Ogar was allegedly killed by policemen on traffic control duty in Abuja.

In a statement received by NewsmakersNG, the group’s president, Barr. Amali Adoya Amali, says: “We are shocked that the late officer Jumbo was said to be in uniform and conveying his family members in his vehicle when people said to be policemen on traffic control duties around Nyanya area of the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday 20th March, 2019 shot him dead. So where is the Esprit- de – Corps among service personnel?

“The least acceptable standard is that the Nigeria Police Force should immediately arrest the policemen alleged to be involved in this dastardly act and commence internal disciplinary actions against the personnel preparatory to appropriate legal actions against them in the court of law to ensure that justice is done. This extra judicial killing must stop. Punishment for traffic offences should not be death. Therefore example must be made of the officers to serve as deterrence to others. We reject in its totality the claim by the Force Public Relations Officer ACP Frank Mba that the deceased slumped and died during interrogation, therefore we request that a proper autopsy be conducted. We commiserate with the jumbo family and call for calm among our people.”