ELEVEN persons including the traditional head of Omuokiri-Aluu
community, Chief Alhaji Hassan Walewa have been arraigned at
the High Court in Port Harcourt over the brutal murder last Friday of three
students of the University of Port Harcourt and their friend at Omuokiri-Aluu,
Rivers state.
The state Police Commissioner, Mr Mohammed Ndabawa who made this
known when the Executive Secretary of the National Human rights
Commission, Prof Ben Agwe and his team visited him at the Police headquarters
in Port Harcourt said a total of thirteen persons had so far been arrested in
connection with the ugly incident.
The state Police boss who spoke through his Deputy Police
Commissioner, Mr Thomas Etomi said two persons out of the thirteen were kept
behind to aid police investigation.
He assured that the Police would unearth all details relating to
the murder, adding that the Commission would be kept abreast with minute
developments from the Police angle on the issue.
The Police boss who described the way the four were killed as
barbaric said there was no justification for the mob action. He said the
Police would ensure such ugly incident does not repeat itself again in the
state.
Earlier, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof Angwe
said they were in the state to hear how the four were murdered. He said
they would visit the village where the sad incident occurred and also make
effort to meet with parents of the deceased before leaving the state.
He assured family members of the four and students of the
University of Port Harcourt that his Commission would stand by them to see that
justice was done in the case.
Prof Angwe said the Commission had received calls from the
international community on the sad incident, promising that they would also
monitor the court process to its end.
He further appealed to students of the University of Port
Harcourt not to take laws into their hands over the ugly incident.