Extrajudicial killing: Court remands dismissed ASP, four other officers in Delta

A High Court sitting successful Asaba, Delta State, has ordered the remand of a dismissed Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, Usman Nuhu, and 4 others astatine the Ogwashi-Uku Correctional Centre implicit the extrajudicial sidesplitting of 28-year-old Oghenemene Ogidi successful Effurun, Delta State.

The defendants appeared earlier the tribunal on Monday in transportation with the April 26, 2026, shooting of Ogidi, popularly known arsenic OG Millan, an incidental that sparked wide nationalist outrage aft a video of the sidesplitting circulated connected societal media.

DAILY POST reports that the officers are facing proceedings nether Charge No. DTHC/ASB/CR/M/66/2026 earlier Justice Marshall Onome Umukoro.

The presiding judge, astatine the hearing, ordered that the defendants beryllium remanded for 15 moving days pending ineligible proposal from the Delta State Attorney-General. The tribunal besides directed that each consequent proceedings involving the accused persons beryllium conducted virtually.

The lawsuit stems from the reported fatal shooting of Ogidi successful Effurun connected April 26. The incidental attracted nationalist attraction and condemnation, prompting the Nigeria Police Force to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the officer...