Kazeem Tiamiyu: Police dismiss killer of Remo Stars footballer
- Olaniyi Ogunsoro, the rogue police officer involved in the death of Remo Stars footballer, has been dismissed
- The rogue police officer will soon be prosecuted after his disengagement proceedings were finalised
- The IGP has also reportedly called for the immediate disbandment of all offices of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
The Nigeria Police Force has reportedly dismissed Inspector Olaniyi Ogunsoro, the officer who was involved in the death of Tiamiyu Kazeem, a young footballer with Remo Star football club in Ogun state.
Channels TV reports that the dismissal of Ogunsoro was recommended by the assistant inspector general of police after his trial by the Ogun state police command.
Legit.ng gathers that the rogue police officer will soon be prosecuted after his disengagement proceedings were finalised.
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Recall that the police in Ogun state on Saturday, February 22, confirmed Kazeem's death and ordered the arrest of the officer was involved in his death.
Nigerians on social media have been reacting to the dismissal of the officer as they asked that he must also be prosecuted.
Evangelist Henry Utonwanne said on Facebook: "That is not punishment. He should be prosecuted and if found guilty should spend the rest of his life in prison."
Thomason E. Danladi said: "Dismissing him is not enough take him to court for proper justice....Reason why this is happening is that when a police officer do something wrong the authorities don't prosecute such person according to the law....So others will assume nothing will happen"
Ikemba Kamalu commented: "I read only one officer was dismissed. First of all, they where a team. The other officers if not directly involved, acted as accomplices because they gave a false information about the incident. And to the IG and NPF at large. These extra judicial killing is too much! The IG obviously lack ideas on how to curtail this menace. Sack have never dithered the officers. I think the mental health of these men should be checked prior to recruitment, and should be evaluated yearly."
Eduozor Obi Augustine said: "That's not the solution,...The Police need a Reformation because most of them don't know the Laws they are executing or citizens they are protecting or not even to recite the National Anthem... The Country Police structure is in a dead & really needs to be revived or these dead & harassment case will continue."
Meanwhile, to the joy and immense relief of many Nigerians, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has called for the immediate disbandment of all offices of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
This was revealed by the senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on public affairs, Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday, February 26.
Offices of SARS located in places like Ikorodu, Ijebu-Ode and in Obada Oko will now be taken over by police commissioners.
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Also, the IGP has disbanded the 12 Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS). The disbandment of the unit was announced by the deputy inspector-general of police, Peter Ogunyanwo, on Tuesday, February 25, during a condolence visit to the state governor, Dapo Abiodun.
Legit.ng gathered that Ogunyanwo explained the decision is part of ongoing reforms aimed at repositioning the police for service delivery.
“The death of your son has played a role in getting some of our zonal offices reorganised. Our concern now is justice for the deceased, how do we get it? If we don’t have adequate information as to what actually happened, we will not be able to get justice for the deceased and he will not forgive us wherever he is,” he said.
Governor Abiodun while commiserating with the family of late Tiamiyu, said no stone would be left unturned during the investigation.
“Please accept our deepest condolences. This incident has caused all of us a lot of pain and it is highly regrettable and most unfortunate.
“Since this event happened, we have left no stone unturned to investigate the root cause of this problem,” he stated.
Also, the Ogun state governor had made it clear that the culprits behind the shocking and untimely death of Kazeem would be brought to book.
It was reported that the number one citizen in the state also confirmed that the perpetrator behind the death of the footballer had been arrested and justice must be done.
On Saturday, February 22, the entire football fraternities in Nigeria were thrown into mourning when the shocking death of Kazeem was announced.
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