The Nigeria Police Force Federal Capital Territory Command has said that it is investigating the blasphemous killing that occurred on Saturday in the Lugbe area of Abuja.
This is as the law enforcement agency identified the victim as Ahmad Usman who was said to be a 30-year-old man.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Saturday, adding that the command has commenced investigation into the killing.
She said, “Normalcy has since been restored to the area concerning the situation while monitoring, and surveillance of the area continues.
The police also stated that its officers intervened and that they were able to stop the violence from escalating.
“Upon the receipt of this information, a quick intervention team comprising of The Surveillance and Ambush team of the Command attached to the Lugbe 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.
The Commissioner of Police, Babaji Sunday, who also spoke to our correspondent, warned against the indiscriminate resort to jungle justice.
He said, “We’re outrightly against jungle justice. The law is against, and adequate sanctions will be meted on subscribers of this crude and dastardly act.”
- Punch Newspaper