The family of 18-year-old Lateefat Kofoworola Abubakar, who was shot in the head by an official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps last weekend in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari; President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki; Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN); Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; and Civil Society Organizations to assist in ensuring that justice prevails in the gruesome murder of their daughter.
The deceased was killed by the NSCDC personnel at Idi-Oro, Dugbe area of Ibadan, while on her way to get drugs at a pharmacy store.
It was gathered that the late Abubakar, who wrote her last West African Examination Council papers three days before her sudden death, had earlier complained of headache at about 12noon that Saturday.
It was further gathered that a fracas had ensued between two factions of the All Progressives Congress in the area during the conduct of the May 13 local government election in the state and NSCDC operatives who were supposed to control the situation started shooting sporadically from their vehicle on getting to the scene.
Abubakar’s elder sibling, Gbemisola, who addressed newsmen in Ibadan on Wednesday, said what they want is justice since the NSCDC personnel lied he lost his foothold while he was coming down from their vehicle and his gun triggered off by itself.
“We pray to Allah to grant my sister Aljanah Firdaus. But all we seek for is justice,” Gbemisola noted.
Gbemisola rued the NSCDC personnel’s statement when her family visited him in police custody.
According to her: “What he (the suspect) told us is pure lie.
“How can a security person who has common sense say gun triggered itself while he was coming down from the vehicle.”
In his reaction, the father of the victim, Kolawole Abubakar, debunked reports making the rounds that the governor has visited to commiserate with the family.
Meanwhile, the Oyo State Police Command spokesperson, Adekunle Ajisebutu, in his reply to journalists over the weekend said the suspect, an NSCDC personnel, is in police custody.
According to Ajisebutu, the Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Odude, has directed the State Investigation and Intelligence Department, Iyaganku to carry out diligent investigation into the incident.