People of Grand Bonny Kingdom in Rivers State, Nigeria has charged the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, and the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force to ensure justice is served on the killer of an indigene of the area, Boma Amaomu-Jumbo.
The deceased, a former Director of Administration at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), was murdered by her security guard, John Danjuma.
The suspect, who is a native of Nasarawa State and currently being remanded at the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre after appearing in court on Monday.
The Chairman, Bonny Chiefs’ Council, Se-Alabo Dagogo Soala Wilcox, and President of the Bonny Kingdom Titled Citizens’ Assembly, Amaopusenibo Furosia Julius Wilcoxm in a statement, described the killing as gruesome, most barbaric and mindless.
“The Amanyanabo-in-Council, the Titled Citizens’ Assembly and the good people of Grand Bonny Kingdom received with immense shock and great sadness, the news of the gruesome and cold blooded murder, in the most barbaric and mindless manner, of our daughter, Amaopuorubo Boma Amaomu Jumbo, in Port Harcourt.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the primitive disposition of the murderer who preyed on a defenseless lady and unleashed such savage brutality on her ”.
In the statement, the leadership of Bonny Kingdom tasked the relevant authorities, especially, the Nigeria Police Force and the Judiciary to ensure justice was served in the matter.
“Although the suspect was arrested and understandably has confessed to the crime, we call on the Nigeria Police and the judiciary to carry out thorough investigation and serve the memory of the victim and all connected to the murder due justice.”
