Police Arrest an Immigration Officer for Killing Colleague
Some officers of the Nigeria
Immigration Service have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for
killing their colleague, identified simply as Egun, in the line of duty.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the officers were on duty at the Departure
Terminal, Seme Border, Lagos, on Saturday, January 24, when the incident
occurred.
It was gathered that the travellers,
who the officers later discovered to be thugs, engaged the NIS men in a scuffle
and fled from the scene during the questioning.
After the scuffle, an argument
reportedly ensued among the officers during which one of them allegedly fired
at Egun in the neck.
Egun, who was rushed to the Badagry
General Hospital, however, died on the way. He was said to have been confirmed
dead by a doctor in the hospital on arrival.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the matter was reported to the Badagry Police
Division, while the police arrested all the officers on duty at the border
during the incident.
A police source revealed to our
correspondent that the immigrants, who escaped with the commercial bus, were
still at large.
He said, “The officers had
intercepted a commercial bus at the border, which was conveying some
immigrants. The officers suspected that the passengers did not have the proper
entry documents, and they stopped them.
“During the inspection of the
immigrants, an argument ensued between them and the officers on the documents
presented. In the process, the thugs attacked the immigration men and fled the
area. During the incident, an immigration officer accidentally fired at his
colleague, Egun, and he died while being rushed to the hospital. The police
have arrested all the officers who were on duty that day.”
Our correspondent learnt that the
matter had, however, been transferred from the Badagry division to the State
Criminal Investigations Department, Yaba, where further investigations were
ongoing.
The Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the arrest, adding that the
police command and the NIS authorities were collaborating on the investigation
into the incident.
He said, “The group of persons, who
engaged the officers, is still at large. The corpse of the officer has been
deposited at the Badagry General Hospital’s morgue while investigation
continues.
“The two agencies ─ the police and
the NIS ─ are collaborating to investigate the murder incident.”
The Public Relations Officer of the
NIS, Mr. Emeka Obua, when contacted on Sunday, told our correspondent that the
service had not been officially briefed on the matter, promising to get back to
our correspondent later.
He said, “We have not been
officially briefed on the matter. When we have the full report, we will get
across to you.”
An NIS official, who begged for anonymity
because he could not speak officially on the incident, however, told PUNCH
Metro that the arrested immigration officers were attached to the border
patrol, adding that the NIS authorities were also conducting their own
investigation.
He said, “The dead officer and the
arrested officers are in our border patrol command. The matter is very official
and an investigation is ongoing on it.”
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