Controversy trails death of Benue-born police officer, Inspector Sunday Peter

This is a Benue born Inspector Sunday Peter, attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS)  of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos.

Inspector Peter, who hails from Epeagbo Otukpa, in Ogbadibo LGA of Benue State, left his house for a normal daily routine of patrol with his colleagues on Thursday, 16th May 2024 but never returned home.

On Friday, 17th May, at about 7am, one of the colleagues called the younger brother that Inspector Peter was dead and had been deposited at the morgue. JUST LIKE THAT?

The Police claimed he fell sick during the patrol and he was rushed to the hospital but they requested for a deposit of 100k, and before they could raise the money, he died. But a discreet investigation at the hospital confirmed the Man was brought in dead.

Also, a check at the mortuary where the corpse was kept, revealed that the deceased had cuts on his neck, bruises around his body and his lower region, suggesting that he was k!lled.

Now the Police authority in Lagos is secretly reaching out to the family to hurriedly bury the corpse by next weekend in Otukpa, without telling us what actually k!lled the gallant officer. The Lagos State command has printed posters for his obituary and released signal to that effect.

The wife of the deceased is a police officer too, from Edo state and may not want to make issues with the Police authority where she serves.

A petition has been submitted to the office of the Member representing the deceased and the Senator representing his senatorial district at the National Assembly. If nothing is done urgently, the body of this innocent Man who gave his all to serve this country but was betrayed by his colleagues, would just be taken to Otukpa next weekend and hurried like a chicken.

I’m calling on all well meaning Nigerians, even if you’re not from Benue, to rise to this occasion and demand for autopsy and thorough investigation into the death of this young bread winner. This is not the first Police officer that would be k!lled and brought home to burry in our locality, without knowing the source of their deaths.

I don’t know the deceased or any of the family members in person, but I’m calling on Lawyers, CSOs, good spirited individuals from Benue, especially our political leaders, to stand up and demand for justice for this young Man. I can imagine the pains the wife and children would be passing through now. And no one is talking about this, until he is burried like a chicken next week. GOD FORBID!

Source: Prince Yemi Itodo