A policeman hooked up to the Agbor Police Division has allegedly shot useless an iron excavator, recognized solely as Aminu, for reportedly refusing to pay a bribe of N1,000.
The incident occurred within the Ika South Native Authorities Space of Delta State.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the trigger-happy cop allegedly demanded ‘every day dues’ from the deceased, who stated he had not made any gross sales.
Sources locally advised our correspondent that when the policeman pressed additional, the late Aminu agreed to pay N500 twice, which infuriated the cop who allegedly introduced out his gun and threatened to shoot the sufferer.
“Because the argument lasted, the policeman thought that Aminu didn’t wish to pay the cash, so he needed to threaten him extra. A gunshot adopted and the person died on the spot,” the supply added.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Shiny Edafe, stated he was not conscious of the incident however promised to get again to our correspondent.
He had but to take action as of the time of submitting this report.
In the meantime, members of the Arewa Progressive Discussion board, Ika chapter, staged a peaceable protest on the Agbor Police Space Command, Agbor-Obi, to demand justice for the sufferer, who was a member of the group.
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