Family Seeks Justice Over Mob Killing Of Herder In Plateau

The household of 1 Alhaji Muhammad Umar is seeking justness implicit the sidesplitting of their 30-year-old son, Abdulkareem Muhammad, a herder who was killed by a mob successful Kago Village, Egbak District of Bassa section authorities country of Plateau State.

The household besides dismissed reports alleging that the unfortunate was a suspected criminal.

Our analogous gathered that 2 persons, including a constabulary serviceman and a herder, were allegedly killed by a mob connected September 10 successful the area, who mistook them for motorcycle thieves.

The begetter of the unfortunate who narrated his ordeal to Journalists successful Jos, Plateau State capital, alleged that the mob enactment against was deliberate.

He called connected the authorities Commissioner of Police, CP Emmanuel Adesina, to analyse the substance and guarantee justness for the deceased, his wife, and their child.

According to the deceased’s father, his lad had earlier informed him astir a workplace dispute, wherever a constabulary serviceman accused the victim’s cattle of destroying the officer’s crops.

However, the begetter claimed this allegation was untrue and that assemblage leaders successful the country had begun efforts to analyse the substance and resoluteness done quality amicably.

Umar described the execution of his lad arsenic calculated, urging the constabulary authorization to analyse the serviceman who instructed his arrest.

He emphasised that an apprehension should person been carried retired by the constabulary successful Bassa, with the cognition of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the area. “My lad was innocent,” helium maintained.

“No 1 has ever reported him for immoderate benignant of criminality, and helium should not beryllium described arsenic a criminal. Everyone successful the country knows helium was engaged successful morganatic business. We are calling connected the Police Commissioner to analyse this matter. He near down a kid and a wife; who volition instrumentality work for them?”

A ineligible practitioner, B.H. Ibrahim who besides spoke to Journalists, stated that the deceased had informed him astir threats to his beingness by a constabulary officer.

Ibrahim said helium had already filed a lawsuit astatine High Court 3, Kasuwan Nama, Jos and was connected his mode to Jos for a little connected the lawsuit erstwhile helium was killed.

“While connected his way, determination was a outcry of “motorcycle thief,” and unfortunately, the deceased and 1 of the constabulary officers who illegally went to apprehension him were killed. This is unfortunate. We are calling connected the Commissioner of Police to analyse the serviceman who reported the alleged workplace demolition and guarantee justness for the family,” the lawyer said.