Witnesses said hundreds of aggrieved tanker drivers blocked the major highway linking Kano to Jigawa, Bauchi, Yobe and Borno states to protest the shooting.
The Commissioner of Police who ordered for the immediate arrest and trial of the policemen, a sergeant and an Inspector, said his Command must ensure that they pay for their misdeeds.
"The Police flagged down the Tanker driver who was on his way to Kano and allegedly requested for a bribe; and the Tanker driver obliged and gave them a tip of N100, but the police men insisted that the money was too small. It was at this point that argument ensued and one of the police men pulled a trigger and shot the Tanker driver on the leg," said an eyewitness.
Spokesman of the Command , ASP Musa Magaji Majia described the incident as worrisome, adding that the Police authorities are footing the hospital bills of the Tanker driver who was shot on the leg, "he is currently in stable condition," Majia told our Correspondent.
"Once we received the signal from the area, we quickly moved in and ensured the arrest of the trigger-happy officer as well as his supervisor, an Inspector on the order of the Commissioner of Police.
"We took the injured driver to the hospital, foot his medical bill and also deployed an officer to watch over his safety while recuperating in his hospital bed. Justice will be done as we are prepared to sacrifice those men if they fail to prove their innocence. They must be tried in line with the established order and regulations," Majia added. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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i dont know why they give these uneducated greedy and silly police men guns with bullets in them...what happened to giving them something that wont harm individuals, like a taser gun for instance
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DeleteNothing will become of this as there are no real mechanisms or true will to get justice for this in this failed state
ReplyDeleteThis is worrisome. You hardly hear any good news about 9ja police rather the news about them must be filled with silly stories.
ReplyDelete9ja Police are not trained; the awareness is not there; they don't know why they are police; they don't know where their salaries come from; they don't know what the relationship with people whose tax payments are responsible for their salary and other entitlements should be.
And they proposed N100,000.00 for the least idiot to be paid from where, our Tax?
People dislike 9ja Police with passion. How many times have you heard Army misfiring; very difficult honestly, because they Army are well trained, even immigration and Civil defense are better off.
This is unfortunate.