‘Cop involved in ex-minister’s daughter killing part of investigating team’

A police officer who was said to be part of the police team that
allegedly killed Anita Akapson in Abuja, is involved in the
investigation into the homicide, Northern City News has learnt.

Akapson, the daughter of a former Minister of State for Finance,
Nenadi Usman, was shot dead in her Honda Accord car in Katampe area
of Abuja on October 13 by four policemen including the female
officer said to be involved in the ongoing investigation into the
incident.

Sources explained that the female cop was part of the
investigating team, noting that her involvement in the probe into
the case in which she is a suspect was unethical.

It was feared that the outcome of the investigation might be
prejudicial in view of the roles being played by the female cop in
the investigation.

“We learnt that the female officer, whose name we don’t want to
release for now, was involved in the investigation into the
killing. We know for a fact that she was one of the police officers
involved in the killing and so, we can’t fathom why should she be
leading the investigation,” a source stated.

Following the incident, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim
Idris, had ordered the detention of those involved, which the
Federal Capital Territory Police spokesman, Anjuguri Manzah, said
the command had complied with.

The IG had also asked the FCT Commissioner of Police, to
personally carry out a thorough investigation of the policemen
involved in the incident.

Findings, however, indicate that only the Superintendent of
Police who fired the fatal shot was being detained.

Our correspondent had reported exclusively last Wednesday that
Akapson, a National Emergency Management Agency worker, was shot in
her car for refusing to open her car door when asked by the
policemen.

The picture of the incident showed how the bullet went through
the door, hit the deceased in the stomach and exited into the
driver seat.

When contacted on Saturday, Manzah said he was out of town and
declined to comment.