{"id":4841,"date":"2013-06-06T20:26:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T20:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/police-exhume-body-of-slain-uniben-student\/"},"modified":"2013-06-06T20:26:56","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T20:26:56","slug":"police-exhume-body-of-slain-uniben-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/police-exhume-body-of-slain-uniben-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Police exhume body of slain UNIBEN student"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Edo State Police Command has exhumed the body of a final year student of the University of Benin, Ibrahim Momodu who was killed by a Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ogida Police Division, Mrs. Carol Afegbai.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim was killed on May 27 at about 9pm while returning home after he was accosted by policemen on patrol led by the DPO.<\/p>\n

He was buried by the police at the 3rd cemetery.<\/p>\n

The DPO who has since been suspended said she shot Ibrahim on the legs.<\/p>\n

Edo State Police Pathologist, Dr. Wilson, led the team that exhumed the already decomposing body.<\/p>\n

Police in an official statement said Ibrahim was killed in self defence while attempting to bring out Russian made cut to size gun.<\/p>\n

A protest by students and civil society groups made the Edo State Government to set up a judicial panel of enquiry to unravel circumstances leading to the killing.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim was a student of science laboratory technology before his demise.<\/p>\n

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