Human Rights Lawyer Decries Impunity in Mene Ogidi Killing, Doubts State Police as Solution
_By Secular Advocacy TV_News Desk | April 29, 2026 |
ABUJA — Human Rights Lawyer Ikechukwu Obasi has waded into media outcries trailing the killing of 28-year-old Mene Ogidi in Effurun, describing Nigeria as a “den of impunity” and questioning the possibility of state policing curbing abuse.
The extra-judicial killing of 28-year-old Mene Ogidi in Effurun by police officer ASP Nuhu Usman continues to spark public reactions online, with renewed debate over impunity and Nigeria’s policing structure.
Reacting via two separate tweets on his official X handle following US Activist Mike Arnold’s comments on the incident Obasi wrote.
In the first tweet, he wrote: “Nigeria’s den of impunity; anything goes. That’s why Ndigbo desires self-determination and no cause for alarm. Here nothing works. This cop’s impunity may not be redressed. Silence becomes loud after mere media outcries. Who still remembers Ozoro event? #MeneogidiNaijahappened”
In a second post addressed to Arnold, Obasi said: “Thank you once again @MikeArnoldTruth for speaking up. Nigeria has happened to Mene Ogidi. State Police may not even solve the problem as the State Government will still abuse it.. There is something fundamentally wrong with African leaders.”
The comments come after a video circulated showing ASP Nuhu Usman of the Effurun Area Command fatally shooting Ogidi while the victim knelt with his hands tied and pleaded for his life. The Delta State Police Command said Usman was arrested the same day and transferred to Abuja to face a Force Disciplinary Committee under Force Order 237.
Mike Arnold had earlier linked the killing to Nigeria’s centralized policing system, arguing it places “outsiders into Christian Southern cities” with “federal discipline that the locals cannot see and cannot enforce.” He renewed calls for state police “answerable to governors, to communities, to the people they serve.”
Obasi’s reference to the “Ozoro event” underscores concerns that public outrage often wanes without accountability. His posts reflect a broader debate on whether decentralising the police would further prevent abuse or simply shift it to state governments.