policeman for indiscriminate shooting and killing of a barber, while
inflicting injuries on four others at Amuwo-Odofin area of Lagos.
When Vanguard visited the scene of the incident, sympathizers were
seen in groups discussing the incident.
An eye witness who spoke on terms of anonymity, said he was lucky to
have escaped being killed by the policeman.
"I had retired for the night when I heard gun shots outside. I hurried
out to know what was happening only to come face to face with an
incident that nearly got me killed. I saw one of the mobile policemen
attached to a house in Chief Sunny Ebere Close shooting all over the
place and staggering in the process. We all ran for cover.
"I and one Emeka who resides here ran to the gate of one of the
buildings close to the gate of the hotel, but before we could enter,
the policeman fired another shot, which hit Emeka on the leg.
"I fell down, pretending I was dead. That was actually what saved me,
because when the policeman got to where I was, he left me and went
after the other people. After he left, I got up and ran towards the
estategate. Surprisingly, Emeka got up and ran too.
"In the process of shooting indiscriminately, he went to a barber's
shop and asked Bright, the barber, who was attending to a customer,
to come out. Not suspecting anything serious, Bright obeyed after
which the policeman shot him at close range.
"When the policeman saw that everyone was running for safety, he
firedshots sporadically, in the process a pregnant woman called Ebere
was hit on the hand by bullet.
"Another victim, Nonso, was hit on his right eye and yet another
victim simply called Tayo was hit on his thigh."
It was gathered that when the policeman discovered the gravity of his
action, he escaped through the Golden Tulip Hotel but was later
arrested by the Festac Police.
Meantime, Bright's corpse was deposited at the Lagos University
Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba morgue, while three of the injured
are receiving treatment at the hospital and the forth victim is being
treated at a private hospital in Festac Town, Lagos.
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