#justiceforjoyodama: Father Reveals How Police AIG Attempted to Bribe Him With N400,000 to Keep Quiet
By Comfort Uzaigbe, Abuja
Father of late Joy Odama, 20 years old, 200 level undergraduate student of Mass Communication at the Cross River state University, that was gruesomely murdered by one Alh.Usman Adamu of Karmo on December 21, 2016 in Abuja, has again accused some Officers of the Nigerian Police of bribing him with the sum of N400, 000 to keep quiet and close the again the killer of his daughter.
Narrating his ordeal in the hands of the killer, and AIG Intelligence, Umaru Usman Shehu in connivance with ASP Micheal Obiora, Inspector Silas Isah and Inspector Nkechi of Karmo police division to mute the case, during a press conference in Abuja, organized by the Cross River state government, Mr. Ogar John Odama, alleged that the police severally threatened him and his family to withdraw the case and collect the money or else they loose out in everything.
He expressed disappointment that the police attributed the cause of death of their daughter to generator fume, and did not follow due process while conducting an autopsy before the result was released.
Mr. Odama explain that his family and Yala community in Abuja rejected the report, because upon re-examination, a police pathologist initially alleged that the probable cause of the death was as a result of generator fumes without taking due cognisance of the chemical.
“The police dissatisfied with the result, went ahead and conducted another autopsy, and addressed the press that the deceased died of carbon monoxide inhalation.
“Base on the conflicting reports, the family insisted on toxicology, but was challenged financially to fund this advanced autopsy, which was the reason there wasn’t further progress on the matter,’’ he said.
He, however, called on the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris to call the above officers for questioning.
Earlier, Cross River StateGovernor, Professor Ben Ayade said that the result of the corona autopsy conducted at the National Hospital Abuja revealed cause of death as acute cocaine poison.
“I have given immediate instruction to the Attorney general of the state to promptly commence action with office of the attorney general of the federation and ensure the prosecution of this case,” he said.
The governor who was represented by the director general, Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau, Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba, however, expressed dismay as the alleged killer was walking freely with police company.
He said that it was on that note he will write a letter to the presidency to also look into the matter, no matter how slow the justice is going to be, whether he is in office or not.
The Governor, disclosed that, N10million has been given for the burial of Joy Odama, who will be buried next week Wednesday in Yala community, Cross River State. And that the younger sister education will be supported by the State Social Welfare.
He vowed that the state government will not relent in the matter but must endure the case taken for prosecution and execution of the culprit.
