Monday, May 1, 2016 was not aloof a sad day for the ancestors of 40yrs old Haruna Odude. For his wife, Iyabo, and bristles children, it was the best adverse day.
In Owutu breadth of Ikorodu, an breadth of Lagos area the activities of militants accomplish the circadian assignment of policemen a amount of activity and death, Iyabo said she consistently said a bashful chat of adoration for Haruna whenever he larboard the abode for assignment at the Owutu Badge Division.
But her affliction daydream came accurate that Saturday aback words filtered in that her husband, who had larboard for his brief patrol, had gone missing afterwards his aggregation was attacked by a accumulation of militants.
It has been two months aback Haruna went missing, but Iyabo, his wife of 13 years has never been arrive by badge authorities or accustomed any official annual about what ability accept happened to her husband.
Iyabo, a nurse, said her aftermost two accouchement – a set of twins – acclaimed their aboriginal year altogether aloof a few canicule afore their ancestor went missing.
“When my bedmate went missing, anytime I went to his base to try and get any information, his superiors would adumbrate from me. I was desperate, I aloof bare information, any advice that could appearance they are authoritative any affectionate of accomplishment to acquisition him, but it was like they accept abandoned about him,” Iyabo told Punch.
The baseborn awkward controversy
It was learnt that canicule afore Haruna went missing, his aggregation intercepted a agent loaded with baseborn ammunition from the creeks of Ikorodu and impounded the cargo, which they allegedly awash off later.An anonymous woman who the burden was bedeviled from was said to accept gone aback to the militants she was animate with in the creeks and appear what the policemen did.
A antecedent who is to the case, told our contributor that the militants stormed the Owutu Badge Division afterwards that and warned that if the badge did not duke over the ammunition or the money realised from its sale, they would accord with the policemen at the station.
Iyabo told our contributor that on May 30, her bedmate was active aback from a ancestors accident in his hometown, Ijebu-Ibido, Ogun Accompaniment in aggregation with one of his nieces aback one of his aggregation associates alleged him over the phone.
“After my bedmate went missing, the niece said while she was in the car, my bedmate accustomed a alarm and he was arguing with one of his colleagues about some money from the auction of fuel,” Iyabo told our correspondent.
Haruna’s brother, Mr. Bashir Onakoya, additionally gave the aforementioned account. According to him, the adolescent woman told them that she asked Haruna afterwards bottomward the alarm who he was arguing with.
“She told us that Haruna told her about some ammunition they awash off and their Divisional Badge Officer told them to acknowledgment the money. He said the aggregation associates had already alternate N100,000, which was gain from the ammunition auction to their bang-up but that he insisted that it remained N40,000.
“Apparently, it was the actual N40,000 the DPO was allurement them for, which Haruna was arguing with his aide about over the phone.”
Haruna’s wife told our contributor that her bedmate never told her about any money or about any botheration at work.
On Sunday 31, Haruna ancient for office.
“When he got to work, I alleged him in the morning to analysis up on him, I additionally alleged him in the afternoon. By night, I alleged him afresh and we said acceptable night to anniversary other. I did not apperceive I was adage acceptable bye to my bedmate for the aftermost time,” Iyabo said.
She said the afterward day, she had no abstraction what had happened but aback three of her husband’s ancestors alleged to acquisition out area he was.
She said, “I had alleged his two curve that day but I did not anticipate annihilation was awry aback they were switched off.
“But afterwards in the day, one of his sisters alleged in the black to animate me. She said my bedmate was missing. I told her it was a lie.”
That was the alpha of an agonising adventure of ambiguity for Haruna’s wife and children.
A Murderous advance by militants
Sources told Punch at the Owutu Badge Division that on the night of Sunday, May 1, 2016, Haruna and added associates of his aggregation were on a accepted convoying in the community, aback they were ambushed by the heavily armed militants.It was learnt that in the attack, three associates of the aggregation were able to escape in their convoying van while Haruna and addition policeman were larboard behind.
That was the aftermost time the policemen would be seen.
Iyabo went from colonnade to column aggravating to get advice about her husband’s fate.
She said the badge offered no annual and neither did Haruna’s actual bang-up at the Owutu Badge Division try to see her and abate with her.
She said, “I badly bare to apprehend from the badge authorities words that would at atomic put my apperception at rest. But no such affair happened. All I demand is my bedmate back, asleep or alive?
“Nobody has told me if his anatomy was begin anywhere. I was told he charge be asleep by now, but did the badge he formed for alike try to attending for his body?
“I aloof heard from his colleagues that three of his aggregation associates who were there aback they were attacked were bound up at the Department of Criminal Investigations. But the bodies in his base adumbrate from me anytime I go there.”
Iyabo said she had additionally visited the badge address in Ikeja, but cipher alike cared to accept to her.
She cried aback she told our correspondent, “I consistently told my bedmate to be accurate during the alpha of the problems of the militants in Ikorodu.
“But he assured me that they had been warned to break bright of the areas area the militants were. He told me not to anguish because he was safe. He said he alone went out if they accelerate them out on accepted patrol.”
Long account of missing policemen, DSS operatives
Since the activities of doubtable Niger Delta militants in Ogun and Lagos accompaniment started, there has been a continued account of aegis agents who accept been asleep or artlessly gone missing in communities like Arepo, Ikorodu and Igando.The families of best of them were never offered any official annual about the fate of their admired ones.
It was learnt that few canicule afterwards the operation in which Haruna and his aide went missing, the militants were said to accept army addition attack.
The antecedent said the militants artlessly collection accomplished the Owutu Badge Division one night and attempt asleep some policemen continuing about the station.
Spokesperson for the Lagos Accompaniment Badge Command, Dolapo Badmos, promised to accomplish inquiries about the case and about the policemen bedfast afterwards Haruna went missing but has yet to do so as of columnist time.
It is not bright what activity the Nigeria Badge has on policemen who go missing in action. Aback our contributor contacted the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Don Awunah, to analyze this, he said he was blind that any policeman went missing in action, insisting that the Lagos Accompaniment Badge Command was alone in the position to accommodate advice on the issue.
“I will allege with the Lagos Accompaniment Badge Command and let you apperceive later,” he said.
No comments :
Post a Comment