Parents of the four undergraduates murdered at Omuokere-Aluu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State last Friday have called on the InspectorGeneral of Police to take over investigation of the circumstances surrounding the brutal killing of their children.
The parents who spoke in Port Harcourt yesterday said they had lost confidence in the ability of the Rivers State Police Command to handle the matter.
Speaking through their counsel, Barr Peter Ndukwe, the parents said they gathered that three police patrol vehicles had driven into the community at three different times while their children were being marched round by the cheering community crowd.
They wondered why the police chose to abandon its responsibility at such a key time only to turn round to say it was investigating the circumstances surrounding the killings.
The parents also said the police lied when itsaid it had charged suspects arrested in connection with the killing to court.
They said: "The police were there when they killed our children, yet they did not stop the act. The claim that those arrested had been charged to court was mere propaganda."
The parents insisted that their children were not criminals, adding that nothing incriminating was found on them before the murder.
I trust our Police Force.They'll fish out those animals.Let's just give them more time
Only God can bring justice to the matter because my humble self has lost confidence in the Nigerian police to do a thorough job.
justice must prevail,but will that bring the students back to life?
my final take is, those boys were killed for a crime they knew nothing about