Aluu4: Suspects paraded by police, to appear in court today

Today in Port Harcourt, thirteen suspects arrested
in connection with the killing of four students of
the University of Port Harcourt will be arraigned
in court. This was revealed by Rivers State Police
Commissioner, Mr Muhammed Ndabawa,
who spoke yesterday at the police headquarters
in Port Harcourt, while parading the suspects.
After the commissioner’s briefing, three of the
suspects were allowed to field questions from
newsmen. They revealed that indeed policemen
had arrived the murder scene at Omuokiri-Aluu
community before the four students were
murdered. However, their stories were at odds
with that told by the Inspector General of Police
Mohammed Abubakar.
According to one of the suspects, Mr David
Ugbaje, two policemen arrived when the four
students were being beaten. But, whereas one of
them pleaded that the boys be set free, the
other policeman joined the mob in beating the
students.
According to a report :
According to him, the four students were
accused of robbery, adding that the mob
marched the four students to a compound on
Coca-Cola Street to confirm if they truly went
there to see a tenant, Mr Bright, as they
alleged.
Ugbaje, a cobbler, said he and other
neighbours in the compound had to push the
riotous mob out of the compound where
Bright lived when it became obvious that the
mob wanted to lynch them there.
He said the man they allegedly went to see was
not at home.
When asked if he did not join in beating the
students, he said he only hit the students
twice.
Ikechuckwu Louis Amadi and Lawal Segun in
their separate comments, also said they saw
policemen at the scene of the sad incident.
Lawal, a taxi driver, said he was not part of the
mob that murdered the students but claimed
to have pleaded with the mob to release the
students.
On his part, Amadi said he saw four police
men while the students were being beaten,
adding that the angry mob insisted they were
not going to release the boys to the policemen.
Others paraded were Alhaji Hassan Welewa,
59; Lucky Orji, 43 ; Cynthia Chinwo (F), 24; Ekpe
Daniel, 30; George Nwadei, 30; Gabriel Oche
33; Ozioma Abajuo, 23; Chigozie Samuel, 22;
Endurance Edet, 27 and Uwem Akpabio, 30.