Pandemonium broke out Friday at the Orile side of Second Rainbow along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway as a trigger-happy policeman killed a commercial bus driver.
According to an eyewitness report, the policeman whose identity is yet to be ascertained, shot the bus driver for refusing to drop the daily amount they usually give policemen, as they (commercial bus drivers) ply that route.
This is coming barely a month after a police Corporal, Museliu Aremu, shot at a tricyclist, Sunday Ebong and killed his wife, Comfort Idongiset at the Ijegun area of the state for refusing to part with N100 bribe.
It was gathered that the policeman, attached to Orile Police Station, had attempted to shoot the tyre of the bus as the driver made to escape, but the shot killed the driver instead.
THISDAY gathered that the bullet hit the driver on his chest, killing him instantly, while his conductor escaped unhurt.
Expectedly, this infuriated other bus drivers and they staged a protest, forcing the policemen to flee to their station to reinforce.
However, the rampaging bus drivers were having none of that, thus forcing the policemen to shoot into the air to disperse the crowd.
Other commuters who witnessed the sporadic gunshots took to social media to warn potential road users to keep off the route.
All efforts to get the command's spokesman, DSP Joseph Offor, reaction proved abortive as he did not respond to calls to his phone.
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Police is your friend my ass!! Abeg govt should do something about the yeye+mumu officers!
ReplyDeleteMay God grant comfort to his family and may he rest in peace.
It's no excuse, the police man should be killed also or jailed for life with hard labor and once a day meal.
ReplyDeleteAGAIN!
ReplyDeleteY give an SSCE civilian gun? They shud be trained in d art of using batons! That's what policemen (civilians) carry.
ReplyDeleteTit for tat...the policeman should be shot dead aswell. No need prolonging d issue further and No investigation is required.
ReplyDeleteUseless sets of uniform men. If it were to be armed robbers,this weaklings called policemen would flee bt when it comes to an unarmed civilian na there them they get power
This is Sad oh, police still do this!
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ReplyDeleteOh God!...
ReplyDeleteNo one is safe in this country...
Police and robbers are on a serious competition about who go kill pass...
A lot of trigger happy police men theses days shooting and killing innocent people. but when armed robbers are operating, they will all run away. Let the culprit be brought to book. RIP to the deceased.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm! Nigerian police! odikwa egwu,now the wife of the driver has become a widow,y re some people so heartless. imagine killing a man over a mere change. Hope justice will be served cos i no trust this country oh. RIP to the dead.
ReplyDeletecan u imagine how this trigger happy policeman just wasted a life. when will all this stop.
ReplyDeleteMay his soul rip
Na wah o, has life become so cheap?
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Another soul gone. Na wa. And they say police is ur friend? Rip to the dead.
DeleteMost of dis policemen needs to visit yabaside.i doubt if some of deir metal function well.nawaooo
ReplyDeleteThere's no value for human life in this country.
ReplyDeleteMay we not be unfortunate.
So sad.
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Its a driver and passenger
ReplyDeleteWhen will all dese killings end? Chai...
ReplyDeleteRIP to d dead.
I keep saying it dat POLICE and POLICING in Nigeria in a nyt mare , scrap the idIots out, we can do better witout dem. Let d likes of civil defence take their jobs coz all dey do is inflict pain on the masses.
ReplyDeleteChai! Rip to d dead.
ReplyDeleteCorruption breeds indiscipline. If we had a credible judicial system there will be a significant reduction in the rate at which our security forces murder innocent civilians. Smply put, for average Nigerian , it is now difficult to tell the difference between the amed robbers and police, all one and the same. I am sure like others before him, this officer will not face any consequences for hs crime and the vicious circle continues.
ReplyDelete'police is our friend'... yea right!
ReplyDeleteI stay around Orile area, the incident was not caused by the driver's refusal to pay bribe but because he passed a one way road. The police men had warned them severally to stop but they wouldn't listen. Though Its not right that the policeaman shot at the driver, he wld have arrested and taken him to their station. Those drivers too behaves like he goats. RIP to him.
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