Monday, August 9, 2010

Rep wants police probed over Bauchi killing

Rep Yakubu Dogara (PDP, Bauchi) has called for investigation into the circumstances that led to the killing of one person and injuring four others by the police in Tafawa-Balewa town in Bauchi state.
A fresh violence reportedly broke out in the early hours of Friday morning when some youths in the town protested the installation of devices by a contractor engaged by the Tafawa Balewa LG and the state government to boost the signal of the state radio fm station in the area.

 Dogara, representing Bogor/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency, described the killing as “barbaric, inhuman and uncivilized”

In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, the lawmaker advised the police against using of force on armless civilians.

He called on the Inspector General of Police Ogbonna Onovo and the Bauchi state government to institute a probe into what he called “mad event” and ensure that the police men responsible for the shooting and the eventual death of the victim are made to face the full wrath of the law.

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