Blood On Uniforms (5): 10-year-old dead after police raid on Jigawa market
Residents say they heard gunshots, then everyone scampered for safety. Some moments later, Usman was found lying unconscious in the market, blood oozing out of his skull. He had been hit. 7 min read
By Thursday, April 9, 2020, ten days after Nigeria entered a partial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officers of the Nigeria police, army, correctional service and others had extra-judicially killed 13 people while enforcing the curfew – the virus had only claimed six lives by then. By May 4, when the government eased the lockdown, about 20 persons had been killed in similar circumstances. For three months, investigative journalist, Kemi Busari, followed the
BLOOD ON UNIFORMS (5): 10-year-old Aspiring Doctor Dead After Police Raid On Jigawa Market
Residents say they heard gunshots, then everyone scampered for safety. Some moments later, Usman was found lying unconscious in the market, blood oozing out of his skull. He had been hit.
by Kemi Busari
Mar 15, 2021
On Thursday, April 9, 2020, ten days after Nigeria entered a partial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officers of the Nigeria police, army, correctional service and others had extra-judicially killed 13 while enforcing the curfew – the virus had only claimed six lives by then. By May 4, when the government eased the lockdown, about 20 persons had been killed in similar circumstances. For three months, investigative journalist, Kemi Busari, followed the trails of these arbitrary killings which have left many families devastated, with no hope of justice. This is the last part in the series.
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Blood on Uniforms (3): In Nigeria’s South-east, no justice for people killed during COVID-19 lockdown
At least 20 people were extra-judicially killed by security operatives during the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria last year. 15 min read
In the third part of this series, Kemi Busari investigates the extra-judicial killings in South-eastern Nigeria during last year’s COVID-19 lockdown. Read the first part of the series
here, and the second part
When Chibuisi Okameme, a filling station attendant, left home for work on April 5, 2020, three dreams were his likely motivation: the need, in collaboration with his other siblings, to build a house for his ageing mum, the desire to get wedded to his fiancée soon and the burning aspiration to further his education which had stalled for a long time.
With the help of a soldier who incidentally was at the filling station at the time, the fleeing officers, attached to Ohuru-Isimiri Police Divisional Headquarters, were tracked down and mandated to provide medication for Chibuisi but it was late already.
He died shortly after being taken to Abia State Teaching Hospital, Aba.
Still on rough road to justice
Chibuisi’s elder brother, Kelechi Okameme, wedded on April 4. He was barely 24 hours into his honeymoon when he received the call announcing Chibuisi’s death.
A few months earlier, both siblings had drawn an estimate and agreed to commence a building project which they intended would benefit their mum.