Falana Chambers Writes Nigerian Inspector-General Of Police Over Killing Of OAU Final-Year Student For Allegedly Stealing Phone

The prison firm of human rights attorney, Femi Falana, SAN, has written to Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, soliciting for knowledge on the brutal killing of one Okoli Ahize Chizoputam, a closing year Student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-ife, Osun Impart.

Chizoputam, a 500-Stage engineering scholar, used to be gruesomely killed by some college students on April 21, 2023 at the campus for allegedly stolen a phone.

The Osun Impart Police Public Relatives Officer, Mrs Yemisi Opalola had in an announcement issued quickly after the incident defined how the closing year scholar used to be killed.

She had, on the bogus hand, famous that two suspects had been arrested in connection with the case and discreet investigation used to be ongoing.

But Falana in letter to the Nigerian police chief, titled: “Build a query to for knowledge on the alleged killing of Okoli Ahize Chizoputam, a closing year Student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun remark on the twenty first day of April 2023,” signed by Fundamental prison Officer in his chamber, Taiwo E. Olawanle, condemned the killing of the coed on the University campus.

He regretted that as a substitute of reporting the alleged theft to the police, the assailants took the law into their palms and resorted to jungle justice in a University Community, insisting that it used to be unacceptable.

The letter partly learn: “We are a firm of prison practitioners committed to the defence of human rights, the guideline of law and public accountability in Nigeria.

“Our consideration has been drawn to the brutal killing of one Okoli Ahize Chizoputam, a closing year scholar of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun Impart at about 3:30pm on the twenty first day of April 2023. His physique used to be later taken to the Accident and Emergency Unit of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Health facility, Ile Ife by some concerned college students of the institution.

“It used to be alleged the deceased stole a cellular phone. But as a substitute of reporting the alleged theft to the police the assailants took the law into their palms and resorted to jungle justice in a college community. We now beget confirmed that some arrests had been made in connection with the cold abolish of Okoli Ahize Chizoputam.

“Within the sunshine of the foregoing, we are compelled to place a query to that you furnish us with knowledge about the investigation of the suspects.

“The certain guess will enable us to pressurise the linked authorities in Osun Impart to prosecute the arrested suspects who implemented the barbaric act in inform to relieve as a deterrent to other perpetrators of jungle justice within the society.

“Kindly settle for the assurances of the perfect admire of our predominant, Mr Femi Falana SAN as we look forward to your properly timed response to our put a query to.”