Breaking: Deputy Commissioner Of Police, Usman Umar In Charge Of Operations, FCT Command Killed By Shiites

The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), police command is dead, the sunnewsonline is reporting.

Protesting members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have shot dead a senior police officer, DCP Umar, who was in charge of Operations at the Federal Capital Territory Police Command.

DCP Usman Umar, was killed in Abuja during a protest by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as the Shiites.

He was gunned down according to report, as he tried to pacify the rampaging Shi’ite members who disrupted commercial activities and vehicular movement during their protest at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, today.

He was immediately taken to an undisclosed hospital where he gave up the ghost.

His death has thrown the entire police community into mourning, with his colleagues describing the incident as painful.

Umar, until his appointment as the DCP, Operations, was the Principal Staff Officer (PSO), to former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris.

According to a report by Punch, at the Force headquarters saw policemen mourning the deceased who they described as a very kind man.

A police Inspector said, “The DCP was a very good man. We were at the mosque last Friday when he saw one man looking so haggard. The man told him how he had not been paid for over 14 months because he was unable to complete his IPPIS (Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information.)

“On hearing that the man was an Inspector, DCP Umar hugged him and immediately made calls to the officers in charge of the platform and the budget office. Today, the Inspector has been directed to come to the IPPIS office for enrollment on the platform. His death is so shocking.”