Family of woman slain by Calabar cop claims neglect
The family of a 50-year-former girl, Mrs Ijeoma Wilson Obote, who turn out to be once shot and killed by a police officer in Calabar on March 23, has accused the authorities of neglect and scarcity of give a capture to.
Consistent with her kids, Promise and Miracle Obote, their mother turn out to be once killed shut to the Atakpa Police Division, allegedly by Inspector Bassey Effiong, a serving officer who turn out to be once on accountability at the time of the incident. The family acknowledged Mrs. Obote turn out to be once shot whereas strolling again from the market during a disturbance inviting the officer.
The deceased, a hair stylist at the Watt Browsing Centre, turn out to be once acknowledged to were caught in the crossfire when the officer reportedly engaged assorted police personnel after a dispute along with his Divisional Police Officer (DPO).
In a heart-wrenching interview with The Guardian in Calabar, her kids described how their mother turn out to be once gunned down on Sunday, March 23, 2025, allegedly by Inspector Bassey Effiong, linked to Atakpa Police Division. Since that day, they are saying, their mother’s physique has remained in the morgue.
They alleged that police officials at the birth visited the family and promised aid, but no practice-up actions had been taken.
“The Deputy Governor, Chief of Personnel, Commissioner of Police, and others came to our house rapidly after the incident, but nothing has took state since then,” Promise acknowledged.
The daughter, Miracle, confirmed that the family had bought ₦80,000 from a local Dwelling of Assembly member and ₦50,000 from the then Assistant Inspector Popular (AIG) of Zone 6 to quilt the label of depositing the corpse in the mortuary. She acknowledged the police or the govt. has supplied no extra give a capture to.
The family also disputed claims that the officer in administration of the shooting turn out to be once mentally ill. They acknowledged that the officer himself had talked about during a police interview that he had a monetary incompatibility along with his DPO over the sharing of ₦20 million recovered during a earlier operation.
Consistent with the family, the officer reportedly acknowledged that he bought ₦500,000 and demanded a higher section, which allegedly ended in his battle of words along with his superiors.
Essentially based on enquiries, vulnerable Flawed River Suppose Commissioner of Police Olusegun Omosanyin, in a WhatsApp interview, urged The Guardian that the incident took place sooner than he assumed place of job. He confirmed that the officer had been brushed off from the police drive, charged to court docket, and is at the moment on remand at the Calabar Correctional Centre.
Omosanyin also acknowledged that the officer, who allegedly concealed his psychological neatly being condition from authorities, had been demoted. He acknowledged the police had forwarded requests to the state govt to produce give a capture to to the family of the deceased, but no response had been bought.
The Obote family acknowledged they are unable to bury their mother on account of a scarcity of funds and are calling on the state govt and linked authorities to intervene and plot obvious that justice is served.
