Update: “My husband is neither a fraudster nor a notorious cultist” – Widow of PDP member tells Delta State Police Commissioner to retract his statement or face legal action

The widow of Iroro Wisdom Ovie, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abraka, has issued an ultimatum to the Delta State Police Commissioner to retract his statement that her husband was a notorious cultist and a fraudster. The late Iroro, who is a father of two, was beaten and shot dead by unknown gunmen, last Wednesday, at his Lucas area residence, along the Police Station axis of Abraka,  Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. Read previous report here  Describing his murder as a heinous crime, Delta State Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa, who disclosed that he had directed the Area Commander and Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Abraka, to ensure that the perpetrators were brought to book, said the victim was a “notorious cultist and fraudster” and the killing had no political coloration. “I do not know the political party the person (victim) belongs to, but all I know is that he is someone who I was made to understand is a notorious cultist and a fraudster.From the information I gathered while he was being dragged into the bush, witnesses at the scene of the incident heard him pleading with his assailants, saying ‘do not worry, I will pay you back your money’,” said the police boss.“So, with him being a fraudster, we are looking to see if he collected some people’s money and refused to pay them. But that notwithstanding, a heinous crime has been committed whether he is a criminal or not, murder has been committed and we are hunting for the perpetrators.” The Commissioner’s statement was greeted with angry response from the family and friends of the victim, who described him as an easy-going jolly fellow that did not indulge himself in any form of criminality. Threatening, legal action against the police boss over his utterances, wife of the victim, Mrs. Precious Ovie, wants the police commissioner to retract his assertions against her husband, describing them as baseless and unfounded.“My husband is neither a fraudster nor a notorious cultist as claimed by the police commissioner. The police should stop saying those nonsense about my husband because I am very angry and mad at them and I will sue over this matter,” she said.“I am not up to 30 years and have already become a widow. So, you can imagine how painful it is. They just cut my husband’s life short just like that, yet the police are coming out to say all these nonsense. This is too bad and I am using this medium to tell the police to retract that statement or face legal action.”she added.The post Update: My husband is neither a fraudster nor a notorious cultist” – Widow of PDP member tells Delta State Police Commissioner to retract his statement or face legal action appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.