Cross River: Gov’s security aides killed my son – Woman cries out
A resident of Cross River State, Victoria Mba, has accused security operatives attached to the residence of Governor Bassey Otu of killing her 21-year-old son, Moses Mba.
Mba laid this allegation on Saturday while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, stressing that her son was beaten and shot in front of the Cross River governor’s residence.
The woman said on August 1, her deceased son went to the governor’s residence and insisted on seeing Otu to deliver what he described as a message from God.
She stated that her son was resisted, beaten, and shot by security operatives attached to the governor over his insistence on seeing Otu.
The woman added that her son died at the Naval Reference Hospital, Calabar, from injuries sustained from the gunshot.
“We (my husband and I) were away in Abia when the incident occurred. On our return, we got a call from an official of the Red Cross Society that rushed him to the hospital.
“When we arrived at the hospital, we asked our son what happened. He (the deceased) told us that he only requested to see the governor because he had a message for him from God,” she said.
She further alleged that during the period her son was in the hospital, security operatives from the governor’s office were around the hospital to monitor the situation.
Reacting, however, the state Commissioner for Information, Erasmus Ekpang, told NAN that the location visited by the deceased was Otu’s former house and not his official residence.
The Commissioner said that the deceased had mental challenges, adding that he threw stones at the police officer attached to the residence.
“Firstly, the house is not where the governor presently resides, and secondly, only one security officer was at the premises when the boy visited,” the commissioner said.
Cross River: Gov’s security aides killed my son – Woman cries out
