How the Police Caused the Tragic Death of NFF Official - Security Committee Reveals

The tragic death of the late NFF official, Ibrahim Abubakar, could have been avoided if Police in the Estate had responded to distress calls, the Chairman, Security Committee, Kado Estate, reveals.

Late NFF official, Ibrahim Abubakar

 

The Chairman, Security Committee, in Kado Estate, Abuja, Umar Kotangora, has said that Policemen on duty at the estate failed to respond to his distress calls during an armed robbery attack, which led to the tragic death of the NFF protocol officer, Ibrahim Abubakar and his gateman, Umar Saidu, on Wednesday, January 6 at his residence.

 

Kontagora stated that on Thursday, January 7, he called the policemen at the security post on the telephone during the attack, adding that the officers ignored his phone calls while the attack lasted.

 

"During the attack at Abubakar’s house, I called the policemen, but they didn’t respond. We had to walk down to the police post where we found two policemen – one was sitting while his colleague was sleeping," he said.

 

Kotangora explained that the estate had recorded many attacks by armed assailants, adding that it was the reason a police post was established by the entrance to the estate. He said two houses were attacked about five months ago, adding that a resident was stabbed in the neck during the incident.

 

He stated that a vigilance group that was set up to complement the police’s effort was disbanded following the refusal of the residents to pay security fees.

 

He said, "We set up a vigilance group to stem the incessant armed attacks, but we had to disband it because the residents refused to pay them. Some people have been calling for another vigilance group."

 

Asked if he suspected insiders’ connivance, the estate security committee chairman said it was not possible for criminal gangs to carry out attacks in the estate without collusion of some residents, adding that a meeting had been fixed for Sunday with the Life Camp Divisional Police Officer to discuss new ways of securing the estate.

 

It was gathered that Abubakar was shot in the head through the window after the gang had broken the glass windows of the house. It was also learnt that the hoodlums also killed the gateman, Saidu (Umar), who approached them after they had scaled the fence into the compound.

 

A resident said: "It seems Saidu recognised one of the assailants because we heard him saying, ‘you again?’ Some minutes later, we heard a gunshot. It was after killing him that they went for Abubakar. They could not gain entrance into his apartment, so they broke all the glass windows and shot him."