The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) have been criticized for not taking immediate action when a spouse reported her husband days before he gruesomely murdered his family.
The Editor, Fortune Alimi, stated that the bloodshed by the policeman when he gunned down his in-law and his two kids and later himself, could have been avoided if DOVVSU had acted quickly in response to the report of the policeman’s spouse.
Rafa Idrissu complained to the DOVVSU officials about her husband’s threat to take her life. After taking a statement from the wife, DOVVSU advised her to relocate.
The IGP who happened to be at DOVVSU reportedly ordered that the policeman be detained for a night. But after his release, the Cop managed to track down his wife’s new abode.
On a fateful Thursday, the policeman unprovoked wiped off nearly his entire nuclear family.
The editor is displeased that beyond advising her to relocate, they did little to help prevent the carnage. He believes DOVVSU official treated the matter lightly.
The Editor condemned DOVVSU for not pushing for a divorce and any other option that could have kept the enraged policeman away from his family.
The Daily Guide Editor noted that the cop was a threat, not only to his family but to the society at large and hence should have been well interrogated.
Fortune also blamed colleagues of the cop for failing to give more information about him that could have helped DOVVSU. The editor believes colleagues of the ;police man sought to protect him by being economical with information.
“No effort of finding the state of mind of the late cop to determine whether he was fit to bear firearms against the threats of killing his wife”, Fortune stated. He explained that the cop was never taken to a psychiatrist to check his state of mind after he was reported to DOVSSU.
Fortune Alimi added that though DOVVSU asked the late cop’s spouse to relocate, no follow-up was done by these officials concerning the late cop’s spouse or kids.
He then urged officials to take matters seriously. Saying that, “it was an avoidable tragedy which would have been obviated if those paid to manage such matters had been serious enough”.
Story by Esther Sampong | Intern | Myjoyonline.com
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