We applaud the police officers who attended the incident for their bravery and tact in handling the situation without causing severe causality or sustaining injuries.
The police published a Facebook post this afternoon, 29,01,24, at around 16:00, reporting a police shootout at the Jah Oil Bond Road petrol stations that resulted in one of the suspects being injured and two others arrested, and the remaining suspects fled the scenes.
Reading the police article, one realises that it’s incoherent and makes no sense, leading one to believe the police are covering up the true nature of the crime committed to avoid criticism and public backlash. The police report that the crime happened on Tuesday, January 28th, failed to indicate the time the crime occurred, which one suspects is deliberate because the police aren’t that incompetent in knowing the importance of stating when a criminal incident occurred.
As per the actual incident, the police reported an altercation between staff working at the fuel station and a group of individuals; again, the police failed to state the number of people in the group and what caused the altercation.
Police stated that they arrived at the scene attempting to de-escalate the dispute but were overpowered by the group, leading them to request reinforcements. Even with the additional support at the scene, the aggressors continued to resist and charge towards the officers.
The police narrative is entirely irrational; why did a group of people, mainly foreigners, become so aggressive towards the police who are intervening to stop a dispute between them and the fuel station staff? The police didn’t tell us what might have caused the aggression; if they were drunk, the police narrative would have sounded a bit plausible. The police didn’t reveal how many officers were at the scene or if the suspects were armed with any weapon that would have deterred the officers from bringing the situation into order.
In their statement to bring the situation to order, the police concluded that after firing several warnings shots still, the group remained defiant and continued to launch an attack on the officers, leading to the police applying a self-defence mechanism, shooting one of the aggressors in the leg, leading to his immediate apprehension, while two others were arrested. The remaining individuals fled the scene.
In response to the above statement, The three arrested individuals and those who flew the scene indicated that the group consisted of at least five or more people. However, the police failed to report the mode of transport the suspects used to arrive at the scene, how they fled the scene, and the directions of travel. These details are critical for the public to help solve the crime and apprehend the suspect. Did the police leave all these details out in their attempt to cover the crime? The suspects would have likely travelled to the scene by a mode of transport, a car or boat, considering the number of individuals and the location of the crime scene.
From analysing the police statement with lots of
The missing piece highlighted in our observations points to the police covering up a serious crime that occurred on Tuesday, the 28th, around midnight at the Jah Oil Bond Road fuel stations. The reason for covering up the true nature of the incident, which is highly likely an armed robbery, is to avoid shaming and blaming the institution for intelligence failure to stop the reoccurrence of recent armed robberies by apprehending the suspect and taking them to justice.
Consider the evidence in the police statement and the gap they deliberately created in their reporting, further indicating a coverup. There is enough evidence to point to the incident as far more serious than what’s being reported.
We have Additional evidence that indicates the incident was highly likely an armed robbery. However, we will not share it due to security concerns, as we do not want to jeopardise the investigations.
The only additional information we shall share to support our allegation of police coverup is the profile Jarju Alieu posted on his Facebook timeline at around midnight, enquiring, “What’s happening hearing gunshots around my neighbourhood”? I commented, enquiring where his neighbourhood was. He responded that it was Kerewan, but the sound of gunshots came from Lamen Mandinari” by the riverside. It indicated a heavy presence of PIU officers firing their weapons intensely for the gunshot to be heard at that distance. The police statement didn’t fully explain what had transpired!
The police command needs to be transparent and honest in reporting crime so that the public will have trust and confidence and give the required support in combating the criminals.
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