Edo APC Leader Condemns Extra-judicial Killings by Police

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Following the rise in extra-judicial killing by men of the Nigeria Police Force, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Edo State, Chief Francis Inegbeniki, on Sunday advocated for proper increase in training duration for policemen from the entry point.

Inegbeneki made the call in Benin-city,  the state capital, while expressing his views on the increase of exrta-judicial killings in Nigeria by policemen.

He argued that the six months at Police Academy is grossly inadequate, adding that since handling of arms is part of their duty, they should be meant to go through proper tutelage to avoid unnecessary and unjust killings of Nigerians.

The APC leader, while commending the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, for his efforts to reform the Police force, urged him to also beam his search light on Edo State, where he said cases of extra-judicial killings and police brutality abound.       

According to him, “The constitution of Nigeria is very clear. You cannot take life unjustly; nobody is empowered to kill unjustly or unlawfully. This issue of extra-judicial killing is worrisome. I think there is something fundamentally wrong with the police, the police hierarchy needs to do more, particularly during their training, and I beg to ask the question, ‘is six months enough to train a police officer’? I don’t think so.

“Most of the police officers you see on our streets only go for training for six months and they are armed.  I don’t think they have passed through the proper tutelage. Extra-judicial killing is condemnable. In the last few months we have witnessed increase in extra-judicial killings, and during training, police are thought how to use firearms, it is therefore condemnable and all Nigerians must rise up against it.

“Recently in Benin-city, there are two cases reported where people were arrested, taken to police station only for the family to be told that their love ones have being killed. You can only be killed through a court judgment.

“I called on the IG to beam it search light on Edo State over what is happening. There are reported cases of somebody arrested on election day, taken to Esigie Police station and today, his whereabouts is unknown. IG must beam his searchlight on the state and Nigeria in general."

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