Yemi Ajayi, a 32-year-old man, has been shot dead by a
policeman in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
Olugbenga Fadeyi, the police public relations officer (PPRO)
in the state, confirmed the incident which took place on Friday.
According to Fadeyi, one of the policemen, who was part of a
team from the Agodi command, tried to stop a vehicle conveying Ajayi, and in
the process, fired a shot which hit him in the stomach.
“A team from the Area Command Police (ACPOL), Agodi, who
were on routine patrol at Iwo road interchange on July 10 at about 12:15pm,
stopped a Toyota Camry car which was alleged to have refused to stop,” he said.
“In the process, one of the policemen fired a shot which hit
one Adeyemi ‘m’ in the stomach and he was rushed to police hospital, Agodi, for
treatment but was later confirmed dead by the medical personnel.
“Investigation has commenced into the incident.”
A witness who pleaded anonymity alleged that the policemen
were drunk when the incident occurred, NAN reported.
According to him, the officers drove to the scene of the
incident in a Nissan micra car and stopped the vehicle being driven by the
deceased’s cousin, Kayode Atanda.
The two occupants were reportedly on their way to work and
before the car could slow down and clear off the highway, one of the policemen
started struggling with the driver over the steering wheel.
The witness alleged that as the driver was trying to get out
of the car, the policeman shot him on the arm and the bullet hit the stomach of
the deceased who was sitting beside him.
“I was here when the incident happened. He was about to open
the car door when the drunken police officer shot him,” the witness said.
“All the three police officers were drunk. I think
government needs to put end to these unreasonable killings.”
Sola Ajayi, elder brother to the victim, lamented that the
incident has created a vacuum in the family, especially for their aged mother,
as his brother was the bread winner of the family.
Ajayi noted that when the family heard about the incident,
they went to the police station to confirm but saw only the vehicle.
“It was only Kayode Atanda, our cousin, who was rushed to
the University College Hospital (UCH) for treatment that we met in the
hospital. I pray the arm will not be amputated,” he said.
He also alleged that the police had abandoned the injured
Atanda at UCH, while the whereabouts of the corpse of his brother was unknown
to the family.
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