“My mother went to the station to report that her son was missing not knowing police killed & already buried him”- Lady shares sad details of how police murdered her brother
As protests against police brutality continue across the country, a woman, Ebohon Egbe Rebecca from Edo state, recounted how her 22-year-old brother was allegedly killed by the police in 2013 after labelling him a robber, an allegation that was cleared years later.
Taking to Facebook on Saturday, Rebecca recalled how her mother went to a police station to report her son missing. Unknown to her, he had been allegedly killed and buried by the police.
After series of protests led by activist Kola Edokpayi, her brother’s corpse was exhumed and in 2017 after the court declared the deceased innocent, he was finally buried by the family.
Read her post below:
“Momodu Ibrahim was our General. He was murdered by the Nigeria police on 27th May, 2013 at the age of 22. And buried by the police on the 28th May, 2013. The police wrote a letter to the LG office stating that he was a criminal who was caught at the scene of a robbery operation ( … my Brother was not a criminal), before going to bury him. (I read that letter then)
On 29th May, 2013, my Mother went to Textile Mill road police station to report that her son was missing (without knowing that he has been buried )… we later got to know that we will never see him again.
On 30th May, 2013, Kola Edokpayi, Pharez Okpere, and Yusuf Bukhari came to pay us a condolence visit, we told them the story and it didn’t sit well with them. They raised alarm. There was a massive protest and my Brother was exhumed and kept in the morgue for 3 years while the case was ongoing.
He was finally buried in 2017.
Barr. Jefferson Uwoghiren stood solidly for us free of charge to see that my Brother get justice and I am grateful that my Brother’s name was cleared that he was not a robber.
As I live with the pains of his murder and how it happened, I always wish that those who had a hand in his death will never live a peaceful life.
That is bad but not the time to dwell on the past…. It is time to unit and change the police force for good
This police brutality not start today, they have been committing different atrocities against humanity. If we asked everyone to recount his or her ordeals till day and night we won’t finish it. May his gentle soul rest in peace.
Once the police knows that no one will Stand for you when they have the chance to dehumanized you, they won’t hesitate to go ahead. They have detailed from their objectives completely. So sad indeed.
OMG! Many souls have been wasted by the police force either SARS or whatever, at least we can let the world knows their atrocities, we will have little changes. They are wicked people.
See something, see how they are wasting Nigeria youths life, is this a country? We’re police is been act like armed ruber, nawa o, #endswat, #endPoliceBrutality
Police is an hirekiller in our country, so end them.
#EndpoliceBrutality #EndSwat or SARS.
Sad indeed, Nigeria police must be reformed, transform and re-oriented so that we can have peace in this country
I am sorry for being my self and im sorry for you and his soul rest in peace.
Just end police buritaly
Hmmm It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.it has happen.the police should face the law
This is the type of news we hear in Nigeria
People meant to protect us are now the ones killing us and they always tell us that the police is our friend
I don’t understand this type of friendship at all..o
What a pity
Sorry about your loss…God will help us so that those brutal officers in the force be fished out.
So bad! The entire police force need to be reform, why will they just kill someone without proper investigation.