Dismissed police Corporal, Emmanuel Okujo, and his lover, Patience Isabor, have been transferred to the X Squad at Alagbon in Lagos State.
The duo, who have been in the custody of the Lagos State Police Command since May 2012, were Thursday last week transferred to Alagbon following directives from the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, that the case be thoroughly investigated by crack federal detectives.
Okujo and Patience have been answering questions from detectives attached to the Lagos State Intelligence Bureau after they turned themselves in for the attempted murder of Blessing Isabor.
Okujo was subsequently made to undergo an orderly room trial where he was dismissed from the police while Patience was questioned over her role in her sister’s shooting.
The lovers were expected to be charged to court for attempted murder and conspiracy but this has not happened over one month after their arrest.
They are still been held by the police.
A police source stated that the case was transferred to Alagbon following a petition by the Isabor family.
When contacted, Steven Isabor, the uncle of the ladies, stated that the family is aware that the case has been transferred to Alagbon.
Steven said: “We wrote a petition to the IGP about the case and how it was handled in Lagos. So that was why the case have been transferre. We are asking for justice and we know that justice will prevail.”
Steven added that Blessing, who was allegedly shot on her cheek by Okujo, is still receiving treatment at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
Okujo, until his dismissal, was attached to the Ifako Police Station at Bariga.
He allegedly shot Blessing with his police rifle on February 10, 2012 at the ladies' residence at 12, Ifateyindo Street, Ifako, and also absconded with Patience, who is pregnant for him.
The incident was awash in the media and after more than three months of being on the run with Patience, Okujo turned himself in at the State Investigation Bureau Department.
He claimed that the shooting "was the work of the devil."
The duo, who have been in the custody of the Lagos State Police Command since May 2012, were Thursday last week transferred to Alagbon following directives from the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, that the case be thoroughly investigated by crack federal detectives.
Okujo and Patience have been answering questions from detectives attached to the Lagos State Intelligence Bureau after they turned themselves in for the attempted murder of Blessing Isabor.
Okujo was subsequently made to undergo an orderly room trial where he was dismissed from the police while Patience was questioned over her role in her sister’s shooting.
The lovers were expected to be charged to court for attempted murder and conspiracy but this has not happened over one month after their arrest.
They are still been held by the police.
A police source stated that the case was transferred to Alagbon following a petition by the Isabor family.
When contacted, Steven Isabor, the uncle of the ladies, stated that the family is aware that the case has been transferred to Alagbon.
Steven said: “We wrote a petition to the IGP about the case and how it was handled in Lagos. So that was why the case have been transferre. We are asking for justice and we know that justice will prevail.”
Steven added that Blessing, who was allegedly shot on her cheek by Okujo, is still receiving treatment at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
Okujo, until his dismissal, was attached to the Ifako Police Station at Bariga.
He allegedly shot Blessing with his police rifle on February 10, 2012 at the ladies' residence at 12, Ifateyindo Street, Ifako, and also absconded with Patience, who is pregnant for him.
The incident was awash in the media and after more than three months of being on the run with Patience, Okujo turned himself in at the State Investigation Bureau Department.
He claimed that the shooting "was the work of the devil."
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