Dismissed policeman sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for killing neighbour's son, he was called to arrest.

 

A dismissed police Inspector, Haruna Ocheni, has been sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for killing his neighbour's 17-year-old son 

The police charged Ocheni with culpable homicide not punishable by death.

Delivering judgment, Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt, saying that Ocheni did not have a legitimate reason to be in the deceased’s house at the time of the incident.

Ogbonnaya said as an Inspector of over 29 years in service, he ought to know the rules of his profession.

” He did not deny using the rifle and confirmed the release of two bullets from it.The shots were fired with the knowledge that it could lead to death, ” she said.

platinumpost.ng reports that a resident of Kubwa, Abuja, Gabriel Chikezie has told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Zuba, how his son was shot and killed by policeman after he reported him for stealing generator.

Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Adama Musa, Chikezie told the court that Haruna Ocheni shot and killed his son.

He said his deceased son stole a generator from his home in Kubwa, and he decided to call his neighbour, Ocheni, to help me with a policeman to recover the generator.

He said he contacted Ocheni whom came to his house with a rope, tied both of his son’s hands and dragged him.

He added that while his son resisted, Ocheni hit him on the head with a weapon and then shot him.

Chikezie further said that he took his son to the Kubwa General Hospital, where he was confirmed dead.