Ogah Jumbo: David Mark spits fire over murder of Idoma-born Civil Defence personnel

Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Abubakar Adamu Mohammed to investigate and prosecute immediately police officers who allegedly murdered a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer in Abuja on Wednesday .

A two star NSCDC officer, Superintendent Ogah Jumbo Ochigbo was allegedly beaten to death by police men at a check point along Nyanja-Abuja road for alleged traffic offence in front of his wife and two kids. He was said to be taking his kids to school on Wednesday morning when the incident occurred.

In a statement over the incident today in Abuja, Senator Mark urged the police IGP to do all that is needed to unravel the remote and immediate cause of Jumbo Ochigbo’s death in the hands of police men at the check point in order to bring justice .

He described as cruel and barbaric the murder of Jumbo Ochigbo and wondered why police men who ordinarily should protect lives and property are now the harbingers of death.

The former Senate boss stated: “No matter what the issue or disagreement was, Jumbo Ochigbo’s death would have been avoided if the police officers on duty applied wisdom and caution in the discharge of their duties”.

He reiterated that nothing should be compromised in the investigation saying “life is sacrosanct and no one has the right to take another man’s life needlessly”.

Senator Mark lamented over the harrowing and humiliating experience of Jumbo Ochigbo’s wife and the kids who witnessed the murder of their father.

The authority of NSCDC is said to have petitioned the police high command over the murder while the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Commissioner has ordered the arrest of the suspected police officers.