A policeman on duty has allegedly shot and killed a nine-year-old boy, Timileyin Ebun, in Mile 12 area of Lagos State.
Our correspondent learnt that the
incident occurred while a team of policemen was attempting to arrest a
commercial bus driver around 11 pm on Thursday.
According to the spokesperson for the
family, Mr. Francis Ogunbowale, the deceased was in a Nissan Pathfinder
with his family members when the incident occurred.
Ogunbowale told reporters that the family had gone to pick up one of their sons, Babajide, at the
Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja and were on their way home at Ikorodu
when the tragic incident occurred.
Ogunbowale said, “Babajide schools in
Canada. The family had gone to pick him up from the airport but on their
way home, Timileyin was shot and killed.
“The matter has been reported and we have seen the Commissioner of Police.”
Police sources told our correspondent that the policeman had been arrested and transferred to the Police X Squad.
A policeman, who preferred not to be
named, said, “Around 11 pm on Thursday, one Ebun Olusegun went to Ketu
Police Division with his dead son.
“He said he was coming from the airport
in his vehicle with registration number, HD 844 EKY but on getting to
Kosofe Bus Stop around the Mile 12 Market, a bullet killed his son
sitting at the back seat.
“The policemen were brought to the
station and one Sergeant Alowonle Razaq, with force number 203693, was
identified as the shooter. He has been arrested investigations are
ongoing.”
The source said preliminary
investigation revealed that the policeman fired two shots while trying
to disperse hoodlums who were preventing the arrest of their colleague.
The deceased’s mother, who is said to be
a senior employee of LASACO Assurance Ltd., could not be reached as her
telephone remained switched off as at press time.
Also, the spokesperson for the state police command, Ngozi Braide, did not answer calls made to her telephone.
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Let us all rise up and say no to police excess,they extorted money from motorist and shoot indiscriminately,nigerian police needs to be trained.
ReplyDeleteI concur with u our police needs training;train them on how to use gun,evaluate them base on their skills on the job and beside must they carry a big guns why not those small guns.
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