Why We Couldnt Stop The Aluu 4 Killing - Police

Am I supposed to believe this? Hell NO!!! Everybody is now exonerating themselves. Even the Aluu representative telling us the barbaric crime was committed by non Aluu indegenes. All I can say is may and devil punish for all eternity whosoever has a hand in the murder!!

The Nigerian police were unable to stop an angry mob from stoning and burning to death four students accused of armed robbery because they were chased by rock-throwing assailants, authorities said on Monday. The lynchings in Aluu have caused outrage, with a video showing the gruesome killings of the victims, aged 18-20, having circulated through social media.

Police issued a statement on Monday laying out some of what they said were the circumstances of the October 5 crime, while also saying 19 suspects had been arrested, including the traditional leader in the community.

“The police on getting to the scene met a mob attack on four victims who were supposedly the suspected armed robbers,” the statement signed by Nigeria’s national police chief Mohammed D. Abubakar said.

“Attempts made by the police patrol team to take over the suspects were met with stiff opposition from the mob, who chased the team with stones.”

The four police officers at the scene then called for reinforcements, but they arrived after the victims were “stoned and burnt to death, while the mob immediately took to their heels,” the statement said.

It was not clear why police did not shoot into the air or fire tear gas as is often done to disperse crowds in Nigeria.

The police have arrested 19 suspects, including the traditional monarch of the Aluu community in Rivers State, Hassan Welewa, who has been accused of inciting the mob, it added. Initial reports said that the students were accused of stealing phones and laptops, and the police said that they were suspected to be armed robbers.

A gruesome video of the attack near the oil city of Port Harcourt was posted on YouTube showing the students being stripped naked, beaten with sticks, doused with petrol and set ablaze with tyres around their necks. The University of Port Harcourt has since been temporarily closed following the tension generated by the killings.

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ALUU 4: BB Message Has It That Ugonna (Tipsy)'s Mum Is Dead

This message is currently been circulated around Blackberry broadcast

""Ugonna's Mum died this morning, she couldn't survive the shock of her son's death, since Ugonna was her only son! Aluu community has killed both mother and son....please rebroadcast'''

This better be a lie, tell me why the people of Aluu shouldn't all be killed. We are all saying, you dont repay evil with evil but tell me where was the Village head's wife, women of the village, old women, mother's, wise women etc when these kid's where being tortured?

Did you hear any body shouting in defence of these boy's?

All of them were busy saying ""bring the fuel"" ""this one never die"" hit am well'''' e still dey shake'''' ""they yellow one no wan die, die die die die die die'' etc  and yet you tell me you dont repay evil with evil...Now Ugonna's dad is wifeless and sonless because of some crazy heartless villagers.... continue reading please

I still cant fathom out how those boy's who weren't up to 20 years turned out to be robbers! I heard the real thing that happened in Aluu, was that an indigene of Aluu was owing one of the boy's a huge amount of money, and for some time has being playing hide and seek, dodgy games with him in order not to refund him!

And on that particular day, the boy decided to go with his friends early in the morning to surprise his  his debtor...but unknown to him, the animal had plans too. After some arguments, the Aluu man started shouting that the Uniport boys are thieves and they must be killed!

When they were rounded up and beaten, the Aluu people decided within themselves that they should be killed for fear of Uniport boy's or the police visiting them!...they took them to the village head who must be very criminal minded and told them to deal with them however they like!

While you're reading this, please think about these few things!

        I.            One of the boy's dad said he was called around 7;30am and told that his son was being beaten to death...he got there after finding difficulty in locating Aluu, HIS SON WAS STILL ALIVE

      II.            Why did no one in that village call the POLICE, they had the time to walk them round the village naked, beating them and making fun of them and no Nigerian Police appeared! When we know that Nigerian Police are found in every nook and cranny of the city

    III.            Why did they insist on killing the students?

    IV.            One of the boy's dad came with JTF yet nothing could be done to save them

      V.            It was very easy for the people of Aluu to kill 4 young boys without blinking an eye...that means they've been used to killing and burning people, without the public being aware, only that it happened to students and it became known

    VI.            If those boy's really robbed, why didnt we see the laptop and phone?

  VII.            If truly they were caught with a gun, why havent we seen the gun? Typical Nigerians ties what robbers stole on their neck or waist while parading them around!

VIII.            What happened to the boy's phones, clothes, shoes, bags etc...now tell me who is the real thief?

    IX.            Some said they raped a girl, where is the girl? Why haven't we seen her???

      X.            Hhow can such popular boy'son campus, who won a silverbird talent search be petty robbers? it dosent make sense!!

    XI.            Add all these together, and you'll understand that there was a motive behind their killing!

I dont have much to say, not good with analysis, but I know that whatever those boys had done, they didnt deserve to die like christmas goats!

Only if you know the meaning of ALUU in Igbo Language....It means ABOMINATION!And the people of Aluu acted in a way that justified their name! God forbid such thing befalls someone we way!

I've been thinking for some days now, '' I can’t get myself or think properly after seeing half of that video, and it's like that when i don't even know them, what happens if such befalls any of our siblings (God forbid) or family members?

It’s very painful, I can’t start imagining how those boy's families are taking these right now, their siblings might not really understand it now but gradually its gonna sink in....but think about their parents, their mum's will be worst hit..

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Police Search For Killers Of "The 4 UNIPORT Students" Sets Residents On The Run

The Police Command in Rivers State has launched a manhunt of the mob that beat to death four male students: Ugonna, Ilyod, Tekana and Chidiaka of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) on Friday morning and later set them ablaze, after putting car tyres on their necks, for allegedly  stealing mobile phones and laptops.

The incident occured at Aluu community, beside UNIPORT, where most of the students who could not secure accommodation on the campus reside. Residents of the community have started fleeing to avoid indiscriminate arrest by policemen, especially of innocent persons.

The Rivers Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ben Ugwuegbulam, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), in a telephone interview confirmed that four persons were killed on Friday at Aluu for allegedly  stealing, but could not ascertain if the victims were students of UNIPORT or not. Ugwuegbulam also stated that the  police command was investigating the unfortunate incident, while warning residents of the state against taking the law into their own hands.

The police spokesman urged members of the public to always make useful information about criminals in their midst available to the command, while assuring that their identities would be well protected. It was learnt that the owners of the expensive mobile phones, including BlackBerry and the laptops at the off-campus hostel, complained to their friends over the loss of the items, thereby raising the alarm, which attracted indigenes of Aluu and passers-by.

The missing phones and laptops were later reportedly  traced to the killed students, who were young men in their early 20s, and were said to have denied knowledge of the development. Without being given the opportunity to defend themselves, they were beaten to death and set ablaze by the angry mob. The horrible and blood-soaked corpses of the victims were later deposited at the morgue of an undisclosed hospital in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.

UNIPORT's Deputy Registrar, Information, Dr. Williams Wodi, when contacted yesterday for his reaction on the incident, said: "Right now, I am not in a position to confirm to you that the alleged victims are bona fide students of UNIPORT, as is being widely speculated.

"The alleged incident took place at Aluu village, about two kilometres outside our main campus. We do not have responsibility for security in Aluu communities, which are beyond our jurisdiction. The relevant security outfits are working with our security department to establish the true identities of the victims and what actually transpired on the day of the reported incident.

"The Dean of Student Affairs (of UNIPORT) is also working round the clock to establish their identities as students of UNIPORT. The university will certainly issue a statement once preliminary facts are laid on the table."

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