The family of the Ajalaye 1 of Ofefe land in Odigbo Kingdom, Ondo State, His Royal Majesty Oloja Ajihan, has urged the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar to intervene and monitor the investigation of the brutal killing of their patriarch last December at his residence.
Addressing reporters in Akure, counsel to the Ajihan family, L.K. Dare and Co. Legal Practitioners said it has become a matter of urgency for the IGP to personally monitor the proceeding of the case because the police officers handling the matter at Akure were not doing justice to it.
Dare said: “Our brief is to call the IGP to personally intervene in this matter and to call the general public and well meaning Nigerians to prevail on the IGP to show interest before the situation escalates.”
The solicitor explained that petitions were written to the IGP over the murder of Ajihan by some gunmen who also allegedly stole his N200,000. The petition was approved and sent to SAR Lagos for investigation following which three arrests were made.
He said further: “Lagos SAR swung into action immediately and have arrested three suspects two of whom actually shot Oloja Ajihan dead on December 1, 2011. The principal suspect was invited by the SAR Lagos, but rather than honour police invitation in January 2012, he went to X-squad in Akure.”
Dare stated that the X-squad has no business with the investigation, “It is our information that X-squad can only deal with members of police force where cases of bribery, abuse of office or fraud are involved and can only report to provost for discipline.”
He maintained that some of those who were arrested in the course of the investigation have now become friends of the police, making all information in their petition available to them and equally telling them what to avoid.
The body of the late Oba which is still lying in the mortuary would only be properly interred when full investigation and justice have been done in the matter as it was currently in the court.
He added: “The body of the murdered Ajihan is still in mortuary and that our two petitions are now being frustrated, truncated and scuttled by CP X-squad, and some officers of the police force.”
Earlier, A High Court ordered the Ondo State Police Command to continue with the investigation into the death of slain Oba. Justice Isaiah Adegbenro granted an order of mandamus compelling the IGP, the Police Service Commission and Commissioner of Police to continue with the murder case of Ajihan.
The Judge had berated the police for discontinuing the investigation as alleged by the family. “Application for an order of mandamus to compel the respondent to continue police investigation into this case from where the original investigation stopped is granted as prayed.”
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