The Cross River State Police Command has announced plans to conduct an autopsy on the body of 22-year-old Moses Mba, who was allegedly shot by a policeman guarding Governor Bassey Otu’s residence.
Commissioner of Police, Rashid Afegbua, disclosed this in Calabar on Saturday, explaining that the post-mortem was necessary to establish the actual cause of death.
Afegbua explained that while gunshot wounds were reported, a medical examination would provide clarity.
“We have concluded plans to carry out an autopsy; we need to confirm if the death was strictly due to the gunshot injury. The findings will be made public,” he assured.
It was gathered that Mba was shot in the leg on August 1 by a security operative attached to Otu’s residence.
Speaking with journalists, the deceased’s mother, Mrs. Victoria Mba, recounted that her son had insisted on seeing the governor before the incident occurred.
She said her son succumbed to his injuries on August 9 at the Naval Reference Hospital in Calabar.
According to her, he was beaten and shot before being abandoned near the governor’s residence until an official of the Red Cross rushed him to the hospital.
She added that before his death, Mba claimed he only sought an audience with the governor to deliver a divine message.
The grieving mother called for justice, stressing that no one had the right to cut short her son’s life.
Reacting to the incident, Commissioner for Information, Mr. Erasmus Ekpang, stated that the late Mba was not mentally stable and clarified that the building he visited was not the governor’s official residence.