Three policemen dismissed in Borno for killing pastor’s son over dog

The Borno Police Command says it has
dismissed three policemen accused of
killing a pastor’s son at the Mobile Police
Training School in Liman-Kara area of the
state.
Alhaji Lawal Tanko, the state Commissioner
of Police, said at a news briefing on
Tuesday in Maiduguri that the policemen
had beaten the deceased to death for
allegedly killing a dog belonging to one of
them.
The commissioner said the policemen were
dismissed after they were found wanting by
an Orderly Room Trial.
He added that the command had handed
the policemen to the Criminal Investigation
Department (CID) for prosecution after full
investigation.
“The three policemen have been dismissed
from service following a recommendation
by a trial panel.
“The case had been pending
before I resumed in the state. I
approved the dismissal after going through
the file and the recommendations of the
panel,” he said.
Tanko said that the aim was to prevent
other policemen from taking laws into their
hands.
“A policeman should not be seen as taking
laws into his hands.
“We believe that the dismissal will serve as
deterrent to others who might want to do a
similar thing,” he said.
The police commissioner acknowledged
that the father of the deceased had written
to say he had forgiven the policemen, but
said the police authority had a duty of
ensuring justice was done.
“The case is a murder case between the
Federal Government and the suspects and
not between the complainant and the
suspects,” he said.