CLO's
secretary (Civil Liberties Organisation), Bayelsa State chapter, Mr. Timi
Igoli, was severely injured after he was reportedly attacked at a mobile phone
shop by one
Pastor Robert Gwegwe, on May
29, 2017.
Timi was
reportedly stabbed with a pen, following a minor argument between the two, with
his right eye seriously affected after
the incident.
However the
CLO has expressed anger at the incident as well as the alleged poor handling of
the matter by the police, after the incident was reported at Ekeki Police
Division in the state capital.
The CLO in a
protest letter sent to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris,
accused the police of allegedly shielding the accused pastor from prosecution.
The CLO
stated, "We have discovered that some of the officers at Ekeki Division
have compromised and started shifting the case from one person to another. In
the process, Igoli was being pressured to accept money in the presence of six
relations of the detained Pastor but he rejected the offer.
The victim
had to consult his lawyers and filed a petition before the state Commissioner
of Police.”
The CLO said
that after the petition, the Commissioner of Police in the state directed that
the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department.
Punchng
reports that the organisation lamented that since the commissioner’s directive,
a certain policeman at the station, had refused to hand over the case file
since June 1, 2017, as ordered.
The CLO
added, "We wish to bring to the notice of the IGP Idris that the order
given by the Commissioner of Police that the case be transferred to the SCID
has not been complied with because of ‘vested interest’ of an officer for about
three weeks.
We urge the
IG to call on the Commissioner of Police to effect the order forthwith and
order the police officer, who is aiding and abetting his friend, Pastor Gwegwe,
to be ethical and professional in carrying out his job.”
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