The Speaker
of Abia State House of Assembly, Barr Chikwendu Kalu has denied ordering the
shooting of two officers of the Federal Road safety corps, shot by his
Police
orderlies on the Aro -Ngwa axis of the Enugu Port- Harcourt express on
Saturday. See previous report here.
Speaking to
journalists at his official residence in Umuahia, Kalu also condemned the over
zealousness of the security officers said to be involved in the incident.
The speaker
who added that he was not physically present at scene of the incident, pointed
out he only sent his security details together with his younger brother to find
out the people that accosted his wife while on her way to Aba.
"I
received a distress call that while my wife was on her way to Aba with her
friend and orderly, some officers of the FRSC accosted her car, ordered them to
come out of her car and started hitting her car with their stick, and finally
dragged out her chief details, who is equally a woman out of the car" he
said.
?When
I was
informed of the incident, I sent my details to find out who the people in
question were, because we thought the people on that uniform may not be right
people, it was in the course of doing that the incident happened.
?I was
informed that somebody sustained a gunshot injury and we been on top of the
situation, trying to find out what really happened. But I want to say that with
every sense of responsibility and humility that I?m well informed about the
importance of human life, and equally aware of the provisions of section 33, sub-section
(1) of the 1999 constitution as amended that forbids taking away one?s life,
I?m equally aware of the sister provision of section 33 sub-section (2) of the
same constitution on the mode a human life could be taken.
?I strongly
condemn any over zealousness on the side of any security personnel be the
person a member of the Police, Road Safety, the Army and Department of States
services. I think I will be the last person to encourage it because it doesn?t
augur well with State and the Country at large.
"I?m
well informed enough to know that I don?t have the authority to order anybody
to shoot and I can?t even encourage such an action, even in the highest degree
of provocation, I think I will move to the law court as practicing lawyer,
before I joined politics?
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