Photos: 34-year-old father of twins allegedly killed by a policeman in Warri, Delta State

Engr. Omayone Simeon Dottie was
allegedly murdered by a trigger-happy
policeman in Warri, Delta State, on Sunday
evening, December 18.
According to reports, the 34-year-old father
of twins was allegedly shot three times by
an unidentified Mobile Policeman attached
to Warri Refinery and Petrochemicals
Company, WRPC Pipeline along Ifiekporo
in Warri South Local Government Area,
Delta State.
He was taken to NNPC Clinic, later Central
Hospital, Warri, where he was confirmed
dead, before his body was deposited at the
Central Hospital, Warri Morgue. A
Facebook post published by the (NAIG)
reads:
“The National
Association of Itsekiri
Graduates ( NAIG)
strongly condemn the
gruesome murder of
one of our brother,
Husband, and Father
Mr. Omayone Simeon
Dottie who was
murdered in cold
blood by men of the
Nigerian Police Force
on the evening of
Sunday December 18,
2016.
We wish to appeal to
the Inspector General
of Police and the
Commissioner of
Police Delta State that
this issue be treated
with all the
seriousness it
deserves, to see that
Justice is serve both to
the deceased, his
immediate family, and
The trigger happy
mobile police man. We
want the Mobile police
man not just arrested
but prosecuted by the
Department of Public
Prosecution (DPP), and
made to face the
consequences of his
actions. As a body we
will follow this case to
a logical conclusion
that justice is serve on
the trigger happy
mobile police
man”Contrary to
speculations, late
Dottie was described
as responsible man
who loved peace and
was not involved in
any illegal activities.” The President of Itsekiri Native Youth
Council, INYC, Comrade Weyinmi
Agbateyiniro, who strongly condemned the
killing of Engr. Dottie, has issued a 48-hour
ultimatum effective Monday December 19
to the Nigeria Police Force, the
management of NNPC, NPDC, DPR and
PPMC to immediately bring the culprit to
book and stop the unwarranted killing of
Itsekiris.
According to the INYC President, the
avoidable murder of Dottie makes it the
eight innocent indigene of Ifiekporo
Community that has been murdered in
extra judicial killings.
Meanwhile, Chairman of Ifiekporo
Community Trust, Comrade Edema Grifton,
called for the immediate withdrawal of
Mobile Policemen from the community,
saying the killing of their people was
becoming alarming. He also called on the
Delta State Government and relevant
authorities to fish out the culprit and put
an end to the extra judicial killings.
Narrating how her husband was killed,
wife of the victim, Mrs. Ama Dottie said she
had called and warned him not to walk
towards the pipeline immediately they
returned from a child dedication on the
fateful day.