The Chairman, Security Committee, Kado
Estate, Umar Kotangora, says policemen on duty at the estate failed to
respond to his distress calls during an attack on the estate, which
resulted in the deaths of he head of protocol at the Nigeria
Football Federation, Ibrahim Abubakar, and his gateman, Umar Saidu.
Kontagora stated on Thursday that he
called the policemen at the security post on the telephone during the
attack, adding that the officers ignored his phone calls while the
attack lasted.
“During the attack at Abubakar’s house, I called the policemen, but they didn’t respond. We had to walk down to the police post where we found two policemen – one was sitting while his colleague was sleeping,” he said.
Kotangora explained that the estate had
recorded many attacks by armed assailants, adding that it was the reason
a police post was established by the entrance to the estate.
Kotangora said two houses were attacked
about five months ago, adding that a resident was stabbed in the neck
during the incident.
He stated that a vigilance group that
was set up to complement the police’s effort was disbanded following the
refusal of the residents to pay security fees.
He said,
“We set up a vigilance group to stem the incessant armed attacks, but we had to disband it because the residents refused to pay them. Some people have been calling for another vigilance group.”
Asked if he suspected insiders’
connivance, the estate security committee chairman said it was not
possible for criminal gangs to carry out attacks in the estate without
collusion of some residents.
Punch gathered that Abubakar
was shot in the head through the window after the gang had broken the
glass windows in the house.
It was learnt that the hoodlums also
killed the gateman, Saidu (Umar), who approached them after they had
scaled the fence into the compound.
A resident said,
“It seems Saidu recognised one of the assailants because we heard him saying, ‘you again?’ Some minutes later, we heard a gunshot. It was after killing him that they went for Abubakar. They could not gain entrance into his apartment, so they broke all the glass windows and shot him.”
A former tenant of the estate, Akose
Aigbodeni, said she was shocked to learn of Umar’s demise, saying she
had known him for about 15 years.
She said,
“Umar (Saidu) used to be a teacher. He had been a security man in the compound since 2004. I moved out of the compound in 2014, but I still maintain my relationship with him and everyone that had lived in the house I rented.”
It was learnt that the gateman, who hailed from Plateau State, had two wives and 11 children.
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer,
Anjuguri Manzah, stated that the Commissioner of Police, Wilson
Inalegwu, had ordered the arrest and detention of the two policemen on
duty during the attack.
“I just drew the CP’s attention to the allegation and he has ordered the arrest and detention of the personnel on duty.“He has also asked the command’s provost to investigate the allegation,” he said.
Punch
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