Dele Giwa: IG gets one-week ultimatum to re-open case – The Nation
October 20, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
Twenty three years after the murder of the former Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch magazine, Mr. Dele Giwa, his lawyers have called for the re-opening of the case.
They gave the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr. Ogbonna Onovo, a week ultimatum to prosecute former Military President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida and others for their alleged complicity in the incident.
The late Giwa was killed through a letter-bomb on October 19, 1986.
Addressing reporters yesterday, the Head of the Gani Fawehinmi Chambers, Mr. Mohammed Fawehinmi, said Gen. Babangida is liable given the circumstances in which Giwa was killed.
He urged Onovo to prosecute him since he (Gen. Babangida) no longer enjoys immunity.
Others to be prosecuted, according to him, include the former Director of Military Intelligence (DMI), Colonel Halilu Akilu, Deputy Director of State Security Service (SSS), Lt.-Col. A. K. Togun and Gloria Okon.
