Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The family of one of the policemen killed by soldiers who set free an alleged Taraba State kidnap kingpin, Bala Hamisu, from police custody, has expressed disappointment in th
e Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami , for sparing the alleged killer soldiers from charges.on Friday, an elder brother to the deceased, Mr Andrew Ediale, described Malami’s removal of the soldiers’ names from the charges earlier filed against them alongside Hamisu as shameful and constituting a grave injustice.
The dead included Inspector Mark Ediale, 36; Sgt. Dahiru Musa, 40; Owolabi Babajide, 24; Farouk Bashir, 30; and Usman Danazumi, 44. The Ediale family who has already briefed human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana , to help them to seek redress over the killing of their son, said on Friday that justice must be done.
The inspector, dismissed from service for aiding Wadume, stated that Balarabe threatened to kill him if he refused to destroy the records showing the visit of the Intelligence Response Team to the station on August 6, 2019, Wadume’s arrest. The panel, set up by the Chief of Defence Staff and headed by Rear Admiral I. Olaiya, probed the killing of the three policemen and two civilians by soldiers commanded by Balarabe.
Twenty-four hours after the attack on the policemen, Dadje stated that he saw Balarabe and his boys taking away two vehicles belonging to Wadume from his house to the residence of one Alh. Saleh Danburan in Ibbi, apparently to hide them.
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