Shi’ite Protest: Buhari Sends Condolence Team to Slain DCP Umar’s Family, Condemns Violence

Malik Yahya/

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured families of the Police Officer and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member fatally shot during the Shi’ite protest in Abuja.

Pledging that the victims would not die in vain, Buhari

The President, who spoke through a team he sent to condole with the family of late Deputy Commissioner of Police Usman A. K. Umar, said the late Police Officer had paid the highest sacrifice for the nation, an act that would never be forgotten.

A statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, says: “Buhari strongly condemned violence in the name of protests, describing it as a gross abuse of the rights of citizens of Nigeria who are free to protest within designated areas in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).”

The President’s delegation, made up of Sarki Abba in charge of Domestic Affairs, Garba Shehu and the State Chief of Protocol, Ambassador Lawal Kazaure, was received by the older brother of the late Officer, Commissioner of Police Usman A. Belel and the widow, Hajiya (Mrs.) Busrah Umar.

They both expressed their deep appreciation to the President for sending the delegation.

Prayers were offered for the repose of the late DCP Umar as well as for peace and stability of the country.