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| Oluwafemi |
The incident, which happened on Sunday at Agric bus stop,
was said to have caused commotion as residents ran helter-skelter, while the
policeman along with two of his colleagues fled the scene.
However, the cop was identified as Zakari, attached to the
Owutu Police Division, Ikorodu.
An eye witness who spoke anonymously that the victim had an arrangement with
his friend, Opeyemi Efunwole, to meet at a filing station in the Agric area.
The two men had planned to move from the filing station to a
popular musical event, Headies Award, in Efunwole’s private car.
Furthermore Oluwafemi was in a commercial cab
heading towards the place when a police team in a commercial bus stopped the
driver.
Oluwafemi, who sat beside the driver, said, “I was told the
police usually collect N2, 000 from every cab driver at the junction. So when
he stopped our cab, the driver tried to reverse and he shot at the car. The
bullet pierced through the cab and hit my leg. I felt terrible pains.”
The cab driver was said to have driven him to the filing
station where Efunwole was waiting for him.
Efunwole, who was also the manager of the victim, said he
took him to a private hospital where he was given first aid.
“But we had to go to the police station for a police report
to get further treatment at a general hospital.
“However, on getting to the station, the Divisional Police
Officer denied that any of his men went out or shot at anybody. But later, on
compassionate ground, he gave us a medical form for my friend to get further
treatment.
“While the treatment was on at the hospital, I went back to
the station with Oluwafemi’s relatives and the cab driver to give our
statements about what happened. They said they were not sure it was a policeman
attached to the station that fired the shot.”
Efunwole told Punch Metro that the DPO, Abayomi Oni, ordered
the three policemen on duty at the time of the incident to file out with their
rifles.
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