Governor Am-Makura of Nasarawa State
Mr. Khaleel Umar Al-Makura, the son of Nasarawa state governor, Umar Al-Makura, is to be prosecuted for alleged manslaughter. He was arrested over the killing of a student of Government Secondary School, Lafia.
The police say that Khaleed would be charged soon.
The killing of a Ovye Amos in a road accident on Monday night had sparked a protest in the school.
The students took to the streets on Tuesday carrying placards with various inscriptions demanding justice for the killing of young Amos, a Junior Secondary School two student.
The governor’s son was reported to have hit the deceased with a car.
Addressing the students at the school parade ground, the Nasarawa state Commissioner for Education, Aliyu Tijjani, said that government had taken measures to ensuring that the person that perpetrated this killing was brought to book.
He said that he had already been arrested.
