{"id":66941,"date":"2025-05-30T11:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66941"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:42:14","slug":"family-demands-federal-intervention-in-murder-case-of-delta-governors-aide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/30\/family-demands-federal-intervention-in-murder-case-of-delta-governors-aide\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Demands Federal Intervention in Murder Case of Delta Governor\u2019s Aide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The family of the late Shimite Bello Love, former Special Adviser on Trade and Export to Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to take full control of the investigation into her death, citing alleged mishandling by the Delta State Police Command.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference, family head Chief Kimashinor Nwakalo-Imu described the ongoing police investigation as \u201csloppy and unprofessional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the Delta Command failed to comply fully with the IGP Monitoring Unit\u2019s directive, which followed a petition from the family.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nwakalo-Imu, although the case file was transferred to the IGP\u2019s office in Abuja, the key suspect &#8211; David Favour Love was not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the IGP\u2019s order to transfer both the case file and the suspect to Abuja, the Delta Command has only partially complied. This suggests a deliberate obstruction of justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The family insists on pursuing a case of criminal negligence regardless of the autopsy findings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not stop asking questions or demanding accountability. We want justice for Shimite,\u201d Nwakalo-Imu stated.<\/p>\n<p>They are demanding the immediate rearrest and transfer of the suspect to the IGP Monitoring Unit. Failing that, the family is urging the police to declare him wanted and ensure his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not just about one life lost. It\u2019s about upholding justice and ensuring the law applies equally to all,\u201d Nwakalo-Imu said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado The family of the late Shimite Bello Love, former Special Adviser on Trade and Export to Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to take full control of the investigation into her death, citing alleged mishandling by the Delta State Police Command. Speaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":66942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66943,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66941\/revisions\/66943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}