The Ekiti State Police Command has asked the State Security Services
in the state to produce one of its operatives allegedly responsible for
the killing of a police officer, Sylvester Malik.
Mr. Malik was allegedly shot on Tuesday by the SSS operative when he
and one Corporal Mough Tergu escorted a former Executive Secretary of
the National Health Insurance Scheme, Femi Thomas, to the SSS command in
Ado-Ekiti.
While Mr. Malik was said to have died instantly, Mr. Tergu is said to be in a critical condition following severe bullet wounds.
Police Public Relations Officer, Alberto Adeyemi, accused the SSS of shielding the officer who shot and killed the policeman.
He said the SSS State Director, Duke Fubara, should produce the
suspect to face trial for murdering the police officer in cold blood.
“In fact, the DSS is shielding the suspect and we are still waiting for them to hand him over to us,” he said.
“The two policemen were fired and one of them pretended as if he had died and he was hearing all their conversations.
“Is there any law in the land that says one should be killed for escorting someone to a barrack or Command base?
“Looking at it from professional angle, dropping of arms is even
unprofessional. The DSS alleged that the victims refused to be disarmed
and they had to struggle with them and claimed that one of them was
injured in the process.
“We are waiting for them to produce the injured to confirm their claims.”
The police spokesman said the Police Commissioner, Etop James, was in
Abuja to attend a meeting of the Inspector General of Police , Solomon
Arase with state commissioners.
When journalists visited the SSS base in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, its
director was said to be away on a security meeting with Governor Ayodele
Fayose.
Source: Premium Times News
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