Confirm!! .DPO gets 10 years in Jail for killing subsidy protester .

Confirm!! .DPO gets 10 years in Jail for killing subsidy protester
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A former Divisional Police Officer, Segun Fabunmi,
has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the
killing of one Ademola Ade in Lagos during the
January 2012 protest against the removal of fuel
subsidy by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Ade, a fashion designer, had been shot dead at about
9am on January 9, 2012 by Fabunmi, who was the
then DPO in charge of Pen Cinema Police Station,
Agege, Lagos.
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The victim was said to have been shot dead when
Fabunmi led a patrol team comprising five junior
officers to Yaya-Abatan and Abeokuta Streets around
Ogba area of Lagos.
Fabunmi, who has since been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force, was on Monday convicted and
sentenced by Justice Olabisi Akinlade of a Lagos State
High Court, in Igbosere.
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The convict was also found guilty of causing grievous
bodily harms to three other persons – Alimi
Abubakar, Egbujor Samuel and Chizorba Odoh –
during the said protest.
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Justice Akinlade handed Fabunmi another five years
imprisonment for the offence.
Handing down the sentence on Monday, Akinlade
rejected the argument of Fabunmi’s lawyer, Mr.
George Oguntade (SAN), that the convict accidentally
fired the shot that killed Ade, while struggling to
retain the possession of his riffle during a
confrontation with a mob.
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The judge said the prosecution led by the Lagos State
Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs. Idowu Alakija,
proved its case beyond reasonable doubts.
“The only conclusion that can be drawn is that the
defendant recklessly shot his rifle and in the process
the bullet hit the deceased. He definitely knew that
shooting an AK47 can cause grievous bodily harm to
anyone the bullet hit.
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“The fact that he was on a lawful duty did not mean
that he should have shot his gun sporadically,” the
judge held.
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The convict had on May 5, 2013 been arraigned on
seven counts of attempted murder and causing
grievous bodily harm filed against him by the Lagos
State Directorate of Public Prosecutions