Officer, Danjuma Ibrahim accused of alleged complicity in ‘Apo six killing’ decorated as new AIG

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, yesterday decorated one of its officers, Danjuma Ibrahim, who was accused of complicity in the 2005 Apo killings. Danjuma was decorated with the rank of Assistant Inspector General (AIG) at the Force Headquarters in Abuja yesterday alongside other police personnel. Recall that last November, an investigative panel set up by the police, reinstated Danjuma Ibrahim after the court discharged and acquitted him from the case. He was immediately reinstated into the force after a 12 year suspension. Before his suspension, he was the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operations at the FCT Command.

It was then alleged that Danjuma Ibrahim conspired with other officers to cause the death of some suspects arrested in Garki Division. The incident, which occurred in 2005, led to his suspension from the Force and he was subsequently charged to court alongside Othaman Abdulsalam, Nicholas Zakaria, Baba Emmanuel, Ezekiel Acheneje and Sadiq Salami as co-defendants for felony.  A statement issued last November by the police, had explained the circumstances that led to his reinstatement.
“DCP Ibrahim was alleged to have conspired with other officers to cause the death of some suspects arrested by the police attached to the Garki Police Division on June 8, 2005. Due to this allegation, he was suspended from duty via an approval by the commission in a letter Ref: PSC/C/48/T/6 dated 18th/06/2005 and a Commission of Inquiry was set up to investigate the incident. He was subsequently charged to court alongside Othaman Abdulsalam, Nicholas Zakaria, Baba Emmanuel, Ezekiel Acheneje and Sadiq Salami as co-defendants for felony.

The trial lasted for 12 years after which the trial judge found DCP Ibrahim, who was the first accused in the matter, not guilty and accordingly discharged and acquitted him while Baba Emmanuel and Ezekiel Acheneje were sentenced to death.