Blasphemy: FCT Police Curb Violence Outbreak, Restore Normalcy

The Nigerian Police in a statement said it has curb violence outbreak and restored normalcy after a man was killed and burned to death at the Lugbe Timber Shed on Airport Road in Abuja after a brawl over suspected blasphemy.

According to reports, two vigilante operations got into a fight, with one of them getting detained as a result.

The argument turned even more heated when friends of the vigilante operative who had been imprisoned arrived to plead for his release.

After much disagreement, one of the vigilantes claimed that even if “God comes down,” he would not release the man arrested.

Read the press statement below;

Ref No: AZ:2550/FCT/PPRO/VOL.10/28
Date: 4th JUNE 2022

The Director of News
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PRESS RELEASE

RE: FCT POLICE CURB VIOLENCE OUTBREAK, RESTORE NORMALCY, AND MAINTAIN EAGLE EYE SURVEILLANCE AMID DISCRETE INVESTIGATION IN FEDERAL HOUSING ESTATE LUGBE.

Today 4th of June 2022 at about 13:00hrs, one Ahmad Usman a 30years old member of the local vigilante around Tippa garage at Federal Housing Estate in Lugbe Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) got into an argument with a Cleric (Malam) whose name is yet unknown from the same area. The heated argument degenerated into an outbreak of violence that led to the murder and setting ablaze of Ahmad Usman by the enraged mob mobilized by the clergy numbering about Two hundred (200).

Upon the receipt of this information, a quick intervention team comprising of The Surveillance and Ambush team of the Command attached to the Gwagwalada Divisional Police Headquarters was drafted to the scene where the enflamed victim was rescued suffering severe degrees of burn and taken immediately to the hospital where he was confirmed dead by a Doctor on call.

Normalcy has since been restored to the situation, while monitoring and surveillance of the area continues. Residents are therefore urged to go about their lawful duties without fear or apprehension of any kind from any quarters as discrete investigation continues to unravel facts surrounding the ugly incident and to effect the arrest of the perpetrators therein.

The Commissioner of Police CP Babaji Sunday psc while warning against the indiscriminate act of self-help in obtaining justice known as Jungle justice, stated that adequate sanctions will be meted on subscribers of this crude and dastardly act.

Additionally, members of the public are urged to remain vigilant, eschew every form of disorderliness, and report any suspicious or abnormal occurrence to the Police through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883, While the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) desk, could be reached on: 0902 222 2352,

DSP Josephine Adeh ANIPR,
Police Public Relations Officer,
For: The Commissioner of Police
FCT Police Command,
Abuja.

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