Joshua Ojode

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• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that AP officers shot dead Mr. Mahrus Muhamud Wario and dumped his body into River Tana in March 2006. However, I am aware that on 17th July, 2007, Mahrus Muhamud Wario drowned in River Tana while running away from the AP officers who were on patrol. The incident was reported at Hola Police Station by the AP officers. The body was retrieved on 21st July, 2007 by the police with the help of public members and relatives and taken to Tana River District Hospital Mortuary. A postmortem ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (b) Yes, I am aware that on 21st May, 2008 one Mr. Rashid Abdi Daran was shot during skirmishes between police and rowdy youth who had set on fire machinery owned by Yamata. Yamata is a mining company operating in Charindende area in Bura. Two other civilians who were in the rowdy mob, Abdi Daran Boya and Abdirahman Omar, were injured and not killed. The OCS, Bura, Siai James Tarus and IP Anderson Njagi from the GSU were also injured. All the injured were treated in hospital and discharged. They were later issued with P3 Forms which I also wish ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (c) Following the death of Mahrus Muhamud Wario, a Police Inquest File No.1/2007 was opened and later placed before Senior Resident Magistrate in Hola. The court, after perusal of the file, found that the cause of death was as a result of drowning and nobody would be held responsible for the death and, therefore, ordered the file to be closed. I hereby table a copy of the ruling. view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Following the shooting of Rashid Abdi Daran, a Police Inquest File No.2/2008 was opened. The file was forwarded to the Attorney-General’s Chambers for perusal and advice is being awaited. view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, by law, the Attorney-General must give directions. It does not matter how long it will take, the problem is within the Attorney-General’s office, and not in our office. Once we have been advised, we will take appropriate action. In the event that we are not given direction by the Attorney- General, our hands will be tied. We must get directives from the Attorney-General. view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he is right but let me give some background information as to how this fellow drowned. During the patrols of the Administration Police, there was Mr. Thunguri Omar Mohammed who had escaped from police custody. When the police were patrolling and looking for this person, they came across two male adults at Hola Water Pump Station. That is where Wario was with another gentleman. Upon seeing the police officers, they ran away from the police officers. They wanted to swim across a river. This particular gentleman was with Ramadhan Abubakar Ali. Mr. Abubakar Ali managed to ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me give some background information. There are those people who fear uniformed police officers. That was what made this particular gentleman and his friend to run away. He thought--- view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: When this incident happened, the police were looking for this gentleman called Thunguri Omar Mohammed at the Hola Water Pump Station. There were two gentlemen within that area; those were Messrs Ramadhan Abubakar Ali and Wario. So, when they saw these police officers coming, they ran away from them. When they were crossing the river, one of them swam across but Wario never swam through. view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Questioner has given me a document confirming--- He is the one who has given me this document confirming the following. This document was written by the OCS, Hola Police Station. He wrote to the Resident Magistrate and it reads as follows: “ I regret to inform you of the death of one Mahrus Mohammed Wario, a Munyoyaya male adult aged 29 years, who drowned in River Tana on 17th July, 2006 while escaping from Administration Police officers who were on normal patrol along the river”. This is his document and he has given me this ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Let me table the same document. view