The Borno Police Command says it has dismissed three
policemen accused of killing a pastor’s son at the Mobile
Police Training School in Liman-Kara area of the state.
Alhaji Lawal Tanko, the state Commissioner of Police,
said at a news briefing on Tuesday in Maiduguri that
the policemen had beaten the deceased to death for
allegedly killing a dog belonging to one of them.
The commissioner said the policemen were dismissed
after they were found wanting by an Orderly Room Trial.
He added that the command had handed the policemen
to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for
prosecution after full investigation.
“The three policemen have been dismissed from service
following a recommendation by a trial panel.
“The case had been pending before I resumed in the
state. I approved the dismissal after going through the
file and the recommendations of the panel,” he said.
Tanko said that the aim was to prevent other policemen
from taking laws into their hands.
“A policeman should not be seen as taking laws into his
hands.
“We believe that the dismissal will serve as deterrent to
others who might want to do a similar thing,” he said.
The police commissioner acknowledged that the father of
the deceased had written to say he had forgiven the
policemen, but said the police authority had a duty of
ensuring justice was done.
“The case is a murder case between the Federal
Government and the suspects and not between the
complainant and the suspects,” he said. (NAN)
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