A
trigger-happy policeman, on Tuesday, killed a motorcyclist at the beach
junction of Nsukka while trying to shoot into the air.
It
was gathered that the policeman, whose identity was not released to the media,
is attached to the Nsukka Building Material Taskforce set up by the Nsukka
Local Government Transitional Committee Chairman, Rose Onah.
A
witness said the taskforce numbering eight with four policemen were trying to
compel a cement dealer to pay a fine for refusing to move to the building
material permanent site.
“The
pleading by the cement dealer attracted sympathy from people in the area who
joined in begging the taskforce members to leave the man alone but they
refused,” the witness said.
According
to him, when the policemen saw the number of people closing up on them, they
began to shoot into the air to scare people away.
One
of the policemen, while trying to raise his riffle up lost control and shot a
motorcyclist who was just coming out from a nearby restaurant after eating.
We learnt that the killing sparked a demonstration, with the people of the
area pouncing on the policeman that shot the man.
The
operative was beaten to coma before a team of policemen from Nsukka police
station arrived the scene. The team scared off the crowd, evacuated the dead
motorcyclist and the wounded policeman.
When
contacted, the chairman of Nsukka LGA, Rose Onah, said she had heard what
happened but was yet to be fully briefed on the incident.
Source: Premium times
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