Liberatus Barlow
Speaking on behalf of the Inspector
General of Police, Director of Criminal Investigation Robert Manumba
said the police force would make sure that all those involved in the
murder of the RPC are brought to justice.
DCI Manumba said police would not rest
until the culprits and other criminals, including those behind the
killing of elders, people with albinism and those who take the law into
their own hands are apprehended and brought to justice.
As the nation contemplates the incident,
he said, everybody should learn to shun investing in crimes such as
religious and ethnic conflicts, the killings of elders and people with
albinism.
Manumba warned some political and
religious leaders who, he said incite their followers to embark on law
breaking activities, adding that the government would not sit back and
let them plunge the nation into lawlessness.
Whoever invests in crimes, he warned,
should rest assured that they would not last long before the long arm of
the state gets them and brings them to justice.
The DCI called on the law abiding citizens
to participate fully in the war against crime, adding that criminals
can attack anybody regardless of their ethnic, religious background or
positions in society as it happened to the late Barlow, a senior officer
in the police.
“The war against crime should not be left
to the police and other law enforcing agents alone. Every law -abiding
citizen should take part because the victims are eventually civilians
and police officers alike,” he said.
DCI Manumba hailed Mwanza residents for
volunteering information which, he said would help in apprehending the
culprits behind the murder of the former RPC.
Mwanza Regional Commissioner Evarist
Ndikilo, who is also chairman of the regional security committee said
the region, and the nation at large, has lost a very instrumental person
in the fight against crime and other social vices.
The late Barlow worked tirelessly to
contain armed robbery, illegal fishing on Lake Victoria, drug
trafficking and the killings of albinos in the region, he said.
Barlow was shot dead by unidentified
people between 1 and 2 am at Kitangiri, Kona ya Bwiru near Taifive Hotel
when returning home from a relative’s preparatory wedding meeting.
The casket bearing the body of the late Barlow arrived at the already packed Nyamagana Stadium at 10:15 am.
Reverend Father Raymond Mayanga saying the
requiem Mass urged Tanzanians to emulate the late Barlow for working
diligently, and serving people justly and fairly.
The late Barlow was born on December 26, 1960 at Kou village in Moshi Rural District, Kilimanjaro Region.
He joined the Police Force in 1987 after graduating from the University of Dar es Salaam.
During his lifetime, Barlow served as regional police commander in a number of places including Mara, Tabora and Mwanza regions.
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