Nurudeen, the Lagos State Coordinator of a civil rights group, Education Rights Campaign (ERC), was murdered last Wednesday by unknown gunmen hours after appearing before the school’s disciplinary committee.
Our reporter had earlier reported how the student activist was killed by unknown gunmen hours after appearing before the school’s disciplinary committee over alleged admission racketeering and unlawful possession of university documents.
National Coordinator of ERC, Hassan Taiwo, aka Soweto, in a statement made available on Sunday, however, narrated how the police have shabbily handled the investigation into the killing of the student activist.
One, he said the police told the family not to demand an autopsy before the remains of Nurudeen would be released to them.
According to him, the police wanted Nurudeen hurriedly buried and had offered no assistance to quickly take the deceased to the hospital to see if he could be revived after finding his body.
He said, “The last straw that would break the camel’s back was the request of the Divisional Police Officer (of Adoff Police Station) that the family must swear an affidavit that they would not demand an autopsy as a precondition for the release of the body.
“Of course, this request raised suspicion as to the motive of the Police. It appeared to us that the police just wanted the body to be buried so that the truth of what happened can be buried with it. This situation led to anger and raised tension.”
He continued, “Also the family had procured the cloth for the body while also documentations for the body’s release were being prepared. One of the documents needed was a release letter from the police. We decided to ask some comrades in LASU to proceed to the Adoff Police Station in Iba to obtain this documentation.
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