A Police Sergeant identified as Isah Mohammed at the weekend killed a
bus driver over N50 at a checkpoint along Tegina-Lagos Road near Mashegu
local government area of Niger state.
Eyewitnesses revealed that the police sergeant demanded that the driver
give him N100 but the driver pleaded for N50 which he offered to the
policeman.
According to the Nation, the policeman was said to have insisted on the
balance of N50 which the deceased driver said he could not part with as
he walked towards his vehicle.
Angered by driver’s refusal , the policeman reportedly cocked and fired
at the driver, killing him instantly, while the conductor sustained a
fracture in the leg from the shot which killed the driver and was
hospitalized.
The incident led to a protest by other drivers who barricaded the
Tegina-Lagos road for few hours and complained of incessant harassment
of policemen
Confirming the incident, the Niger State Police Command Public Relation
Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, said the affected policeman has been
arrested and detained adding that the Commissioner of Police, Zubairu
Muazu Abubakar has ordered an investigation.
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