Nigeria Police Kills NPA Staff Over N50 Bribe
The unfortunate incident happened while the policeman,...
Kazeem Shittu with Force number 353800, was trying to extort N50 from the bus conductor. He was said to have accosted the commercial bus heading to Mile 2, at a checking point mounted in front of Onireke police station and ordered the bus conductor to pay him a N50 fee for plying the route.
Killing of the NPA staff:
A large crowd of sympathizers besieged the Onireke Police Station to register their anger over the gruesome killing. Motorists, passers-by and even women selling wares beside the road who were angered by the action of the policeman, pounced on him.
They smashed the windscreen of a police van and other vehicles parked in the station. But the police in response, began to release bullet shots indiscriminately into the crowd for close to an hour, in a bid to disperse the crowd and rescue their colleague.
He said: “We have suffered a lot of injustice in the hands of policemen from this station and this is an opportunity for us to make them pay for their sins. Look at the people protesting, you will see that it consists of both genders. Everybody in this area can attest to the level of cruelty policemen from this station have meted on us.”
The incident time was 8.30am.
Killing of the NPA staff:
The conductor reportedly refused to obey the order and was threatened by the police officer who later corked his AK-47 rifle and shot at him. Eye witnesses said the bullet missed the conductor and hit the passenger (Daniel Nigeria) who sat beside him on the chest and he died.
Witnesses disclosed that the sight of the innocent man lying on a pool of blood infuriated residents, traders and passers-by, who spontaneously rose and protested the killing.
A large crowd of sympathizers besieged the Onireke Police Station to register their anger over the gruesome killing. Motorists, passers-by and even women selling wares beside the road who were angered by the action of the policeman, pounced on him.
They smashed the windscreen of a police van and other vehicles parked in the station. But the police in response, began to release bullet shots indiscriminately into the crowd for close to an hour, in a bid to disperse the crowd and rescue their colleague.
The situation degenerated to open confrontation but was brought under control by the intervention of military policemen attached to Ojo Army Barracks. The soldiers succeeded in rescuing the killer-policeman from the enraged crowd and spirited him into their barracks for safety.
Allegations of harassment and extortion:
Allegations of harassment and extortion:
A motorcyclist who took part in the protest, Samuel Umukoro, said the protesters intended to send a clear message to the police authorities that enough is enough.
He said: “We have suffered a lot of injustice in the hands of policemen from this station and this is an opportunity for us to make them pay for their sins. Look at the people protesting, you will see that it consists of both genders. Everybody in this area can attest to the level of cruelty policemen from this station have meted on us.”
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