An assistant-inspector with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lasisi Kabir Iyanda, has been apprehended by the Nigerian Police Force over the murder of a 32-year old teacher over a disagreement at a National Examinations Council (NECO) centre in Ejigbo area of Osun state.
The victim identified as Kamaldeen Muritala, was an Islamic Religious Knowledge teacher attached to Titilope Islamic Comprehensive High School, Ejigbo, Osun State, was reportedly stabbed in the neck with a jack knife by Iyanda and died later at Baptist Hospital, Ejigbo as a result of the stab wounds.
In a statement by the public relations officer of Force Headquarters, Abuja, ACP Frank Mba admonished force members not to take laws into their hands like Iyanda ,saying that justice must be served in this case.
Here’s the official statement from Nigerian Police Force website :
A member of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Assistant-Inspector Lasisi Kabir Iyanda, has been arrested and detained in Police custody over the brutal murder, on 27th June, 2014, of a 32-year-old Kamaldeen Muritala, an Islamic Religious Knowledge teacher attached to Titilope Islamic Comprehensive High School, Ejigbo, Osun State.
Preliminary enquiry by Police detectives from the Osun State Police Command, Osogbo reveals that the victim, Kamaldeen Muritala died at Baptist Hospital Ejigbo from complications arising from fatal stab wounds inflicted on his neck with a jack-knife by the NSCDC member during an argument close to the entrance of an examination hall where National Examination Council (NECO) examination was taking place.
Following the demise of the deceased Islamic teacher, students of the school attempted to raze down office structures belonging to the NSCDC as well as those of other government establishments in the area, but the timely intervention of the Police prevented further breakdown of law and order.
Meanwhile, the Police High Command has commended the officers and men of Osun State Police Command for their timely intervention which helped to rescue the 30-year-old suspect concerned as well as other property and whittle down what otherwise might have turned into a major catastrophe. The apex Police Authority however, enjoins citizens never to take laws into their own hands no matter the provocation, promising that justice would be served in this case.
