Amnesty International has called for an independent probe into circumstances that led to the death of one person at Lameshegu in the Northern Region.

Speaking on JoyNews’ News Desk on Tuesday, the Country Director of Amnesty International, Frank Doyi, said the call for an independent probe is to ensure that the matter is dealt with and brought to a logical conclusion.

“It will be very unfortunate if justice is not done in this case, and for this reason, Amnesty International is going to follow the matter very closely as we have done in other cases,” he said.

This follows the clash between the Police and the youth at Lamshegu, leaving one dead and others injured.

The teen who died in the shooting incident was identified as Abdul Hakim Yakubu, is a student of the Junior High School Students of the Umar Al Mutar who wrote his Basic School Certificate Examination (B.E.C.E) this year.

When the shooting started, Hakim Yakubu was playing football with his friends on the Zosimli Junior School High Park.

In a bid to escape to safety together with his colleagues, he was hit by a bullet.

JoyNews gathered that the bullet hit his hand smashed it, and penetrated through the ribs.

Even though the police administration has been tasked to investigate the incident, Mr Doyi questioned the ability of the Police to investigate itself hence the call for an independent probe to handle cases affecting the Police.

“We are worried that those who have the responsibility to protect our lives are the very ones who are killing innocent people, and the earlier we put a stop to it, the better for all of us,” he added.

He added that the Movement will see that justice is served for an 18-year-old teen who died.

According to him, the issue will not be allowed to “die a natural death.”

He also called for the identified perpetrators to be dealt with by the law.

“We cannot allow this like this to be left unpunished. We cannot say that this should be left to God, there are things that we cannot handle that we leave to God, but the things that we deal with according to our laws, we must do, and Amnesty international is going to ensure that we follow this matter through to the end so that justice is seen to be done,” he pointed out.

Mr Doyi also noted that punishing the perpetrators will be the only alternative to prevent others from committing such acts.

Meanwhile, the Police Service has interdicted six officers for their roles in a clash between the youth of Lamashegu and the Police on Sunday, February 13.