Extra judicial killing of UNIPORT student: Lawyer petitions House over conspiracy of silence

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Extra judicial killing of UNIPORT student: Lawyer petitions House over conspiracy of silence

A petition has been forwarded to House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions over alleged extra judicial killing of Peter Chibuzor Ofurum, a final year student of Accounting, University of Port Harcourt by members of the Nigeria Police Force during a peaceful protest.
The petition which was signed by Barrister Amobi Nwulu, a copy of which was made available to DAILY POST in Abuja, explained that students of Uniport were on peaceful demonstration on 11th April, 2016 against increase in school fees and ‘no fees, no examination policy’, when the incident happened.

It explained that the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ndokwa Lale invited the Police, having phoned the Acting Commissioner of Police, Rivers State then, Mr. Mobolaji Adesanya, who later directed an assistant Commissioner of Police with instruction that no life should be wasted.


“The Police arrived the scene and were friendly with students, but after the Vice Chancellor sent for him and discussed, they came out shortly and became hostile to students”, it added.

The petition further indicated that the VC of Uniport became an accomplice, noting that it was on his orders that Police began shooting of students, and thereafter, late Peter Chibuzor Ofurum was shot from the back twice, which led to his death instantly.

The petitioner urged the Committee’s intervention, stressing that earlier petition forwarded to the Federal Ministry of Education had not been responded to, even as the Police authorities were unwilling to unravel circumstances that led to the death of the victim.