A human right activist,identified simply as Skido, who spoke with Crime Guard, said attempts by a soldier to rush Mubarak for medical aid was rebuffed.
According to Skido, “The bullet hit Mubarak in front of Command Secondary School. One of the soldiers guarding the school tried to save him but the policemen threatened to shoot him if he did. The gunshot tore Mubarak’s stomach open while other people sustained varying degrees of injuries.
I heard that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Meiran Police Station, called Mubarak’s father and told him to go to the mortuary to collect the remains of his son for burial. He told him that after the burial , he (bereaved father) should come for negotiations. When the grieving father refused to go, the DPO started threatening him and his wife.
All the family wants is for the policeman that killed its son to be punished. We have also sent a petition to the Lagos State Police Command on our demand for justice for late Mubarak.”
He also called on the State government to come to the aid of the bereaved couple by ensuring they got justice.
When contacted, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer Mr. Adekunle Ajisebutu, a Chief Superintendent of Police said the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department SCIID, Yaba, Lagos.
He assured that the command would make a public statement at the end of its investigation into the tragic end of Mubarak.