DPO, Samuel Salisu, DCO, Samson Okedusi and ASP, Taofeek Afolabi, were killed by "soldiers" attached to the 243 Recce Battalion Barracks, Ibereko in Badagry, under controversial circumstances.
“The people who promised to assist us are nowhere to be found. The proceeds from the little business I do are what we have been living on. Till date (two years later), we have not been able to access my husband’s gratuity."The slain officers were on a peace mission to the army barracks, allegedly on the invitation of the commandant of the barracks, simply identified as Colonel Nabasa, to settle a rift between the police and the army over the killing of a staff sergeant allegedly by a riot police officer attached to the Lagos State security outfit, the Rapid Response Squad on May 23 2011.
It is alleged that the three senior officers where ambushed and killed by "soldiers" in retaliation.
The wife of the DCO, Mrs. Temitayo Okedusi, told Punch that the police and the government had failed to arrest and prosecute her husband’s killers. And that the family he left behind her dying of hunger.
The wife of the DCO, Mrs. Temitayo Okedusi, told Punch that the police and the government had failed to arrest and prosecute her husband’s killers. And that the family he left behind her dying of hunger.
Difficulty in getting her husband’s gratuity:
She said, “We were asked to get a letter of Administration from the Probate Court. To do this, we are supposed to pay 10 per cent of Okedusi’s entire money in the bank to the probate court first. This will cost us N330,000.
“The family does not have this money and that is what is delaying us from getting my husband’s gratuity and entitlements. We are now stranded.”
“Serving policemen are not helping the wives of the dead officers. Despite the fact that my husband died in active duty, we have been left alone to fend for ourselves.
“If the government is assisting the wives of soldiers killed by Boko Haram and militants, they should also compensate the families of policemen killed in active duty. There is a day set aside for remembering fallen soldiers, but there is no recognition for the policemen killed while protecting this country.
She said, “We were asked to get a letter of Administration from the Probate Court. To do this, we are supposed to pay 10 per cent of Okedusi’s entire money in the bank to the probate court first. This will cost us N330,000.
“The family does not have this money and that is what is delaying us from getting my husband’s gratuity and entitlements. We are now stranded.”
“Serving policemen are not helping the wives of the dead officers. Despite the fact that my husband died in active duty, we have been left alone to fend for ourselves.
“If the government is assisting the wives of soldiers killed by Boko Haram and militants, they should also compensate the families of policemen killed in active duty. There is a day set aside for remembering fallen soldiers, but there is no recognition for the policemen killed while protecting this country.
This is not fair,” Mrs. Okedusishe cried.
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