The truth behind the murder of four students of the University of Port Harcourt is beginning to manifest, as the Police paraded 13 suspects yesterday. Out of the 13 suspects, three of them were allowed to speak with journalists with their own versions of the story. The three of them had confessed that some policemen were actually seen at the scene of the incident before the boys were brutally murdered.
Mr David Ugbaje, a suspect had disclosed that he saw 2 policemen when the boys were being tortured, asserting that one of them actually pleaded with the community to release the boys. He indicted the second policeman whom he said joined the mob to beat up the boys.
He said that the students were accused of robbery , but before they were lynched, they were taken to a house around Coca-Cola street to find out whether they actually went to see a debtor as they claimed or not. Mr David said that it became obvious that they wanted to kill the boys when they got to the house and bright was not there. He said that he joined the tenants to push the mob out of the compound when they were almost killing them there.
Ugbaje who works as a cobbler said that Bright was not at home as at the time they went to his house.
When asked if he took part in the beating, he confessed hitting the students twice.
Ikechuckwu Louis Amadi and Lawal Segun also confirmed the presence of some police officers while the boys were being beaten.
Lawal who is also a taxi driver had denied taking part in the mob action. He said he was on his kneels begging the mob to let the boys go, but they wouldn’t listen.
Amadi, on the other hand said that four policemen were on ground when the incident happened, affirming that the mob refused to release the boys to the police for further investigation .
Alhaji Hassan Welewa, 59; Lucky Orji, 43 ; Cynthia Chinwo (F), 24; Ekpe Daniel, 30; George Nwadei, 30; Gabriel Oche 33; Ozioma Abajuo, 23; Chigozie Samuel, 22; Endurance Edet, 27 and Uwem Akpabio, 30 were among those paraded as the key suspects.
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