Aluu Killings: Police Charge Suspects to Court

The road to getting justice for the murdered four undergraduate students of the University of Port Harcourt became clearer last Wednesday, October 17, 2012, when the police fulfilled their promise of charging those suspected to be involved in the murderous act to court. Anayo Onukwugha, reports.

Although, Force Headquarters, Abuja and the Rivers State Police Command are not speaking in one voice in respect of those already arrested in connection with the murder, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Mohammed Abdulkadir Indabawa last Tuesday, October 16, 2012 paraded 13 persons, including a woman before newsmen at the command headquarters in Port Harcourt. Those were the people charged to court on a five-count charge which included conspiracy and murder.

The accused persons included the 59-year-old traditional ruler of Omuokiri-Aluu community, Alhaji Hassan Welewa, Lawal Segun, 28, Cynthia Chinwo, 24, George Nwadei, 20 and Ekpe Daniel, 30. Others were;  Okoghiroh Endurance, 24, Gabriel Oche, 33, Ozioma Abajuo, 23, Endurance Edet, 27, Ikechukwu Louis Amadi, also known as ‘Kapoon’, 32, David Chinasa Ugbade, 30, Chigozie Evans Samuel, 22 years and Lucky Orji, 43.

Orji, who was dismissed from the Police for his involvement in the murder, was indicted by other suspects, as a policeman sergeant who joined them in beating the late students and even ordered the villagers to kill them. Until his dismissal, he was attached to the Isiokpo Divisional Police. Read More