Police Killed the Wrong man

Nobody knows
Police killed the wrong man.
Not the community. Not the press. Not the government.
Nobody knows.
He killed on our behalf. Looted on our behalf, he
abused office and plundered resources, all
on our collective behalf, but
only celebration and ululation I see.
The people rejoice. The government has not instituted a taskforce,
No committee, no inquiry commission, no investigation
from our new government.

Our ever nosy, noisy press, none is unearthing a scoop.
Investigative reporters are on hiatus,
Coz, nobody knows, police killed the wrong man.
He leaves behind a fleet of Benzes and stashed cash in Switzerland,
Semi-orphaned kids in foreign universities and an ambassadorial wife,
The man is to be interred. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, yet
 the people, the press and the government alike, sigh
In contented relief: BURIAL OF A THIEF AND MURDERER!
yet nobody knows,
that police,
killed,
 the wrong man.