The Adamawa Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a
policeman who was alleged to have shot to death seven farmers in the
state.
The arrest followed a petition by a Civil Society Organization, Progressive Mind for Development Initiate.
The
petition signed by the President of the CSO, Abubakar Abdulsalam,
alleged that the officer, an Assistant Superintendent of Police,
committed the offence on Nov. 23, 2017.
It indicated that the
police officer, while in charge of Safer Highways Patrol Team, arrested
the farmers who were working on their farms at the outskirts of Gombi
town, tied and shot them to death.
The petition further alleged
that the same officer had on April 30, 2016, while in charge of a police
outpost in Kem village, Shelleng Local Government area of the state,
killed four people suspected of committing robbery.
“We as a
concerned organization consider the act of the suspect (policeman) as an
act against the provision of the Constitution and infringement on the
fundamental rights of the people in question.
“If such act is not
checked it will continue to spread like wild fire and eventually
Nigeria will be unsafe for its citizens,” it added.
Spokesman of
Adamawa Police Command, Othman Abubakar, said the policeman had been
arrested and detained as investigation continues into the case.
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