Photos/Video From Scene Where Police Officer Allegedly Shot Dead a Truck Driver Over N50 Bribe
Here are photos and a video from the scene where a police officer allegedly shot dead a truck driver over N50 bribe. Facebook user, Mercy-Blossom Oyisi, who witnessed the incident, narrates on her wall.
''Something happened not quite long, I've always heard about it but never experienced it. A police man killed a truck driver because of #100, the Hausa guys around started shooting randomly because one of them was killed, we ran into the bush when we started hearing gunshots. There are dead people due to the shooting between the Hausa guys and the police men. One mama in our bus was shot while we were running. I've not recovered, still shivering.
Because of #100 o, how are some people different from animals?''
Following this incident, some truck drivers, on Monday, barricaded the Akure-Owo Expressway at
Uso in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, to protest the
alleged killing of one of them by a policeman at a checkpoint in the
town.
It was gathered that the protest halted vehicular movement on the road for several hours.
The deceased, whose identity had yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, was said to be heading for the northern part of the country when the tragedy struck.
He was said to have engaged in a hot argument with the policeman, who allegedly demanded a N50 bribe from him.
A source said, “The policeman stopped the truck driver at the checkpoint and they engaged in an argument over a bribe of N50. The driver refused to offer the policeman the bribe and suddenly, the policeman shot the man in the head and he fell down and died.
“This infuriated the other truck drivers and they barricaded the road in protest.”
Another source stated that efforts made by a team of policemen, who were deployed in the scene, could not end the protest as the drivers insisted that the killer cop must face the music.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Femi Joseph, who confirmed the incident, described it as sad and unfortunate.
He gave an assurance that the culprit would be brought to justice.
It was gathered that the protest halted vehicular movement on the road for several hours.
The deceased, whose identity had yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, was said to be heading for the northern part of the country when the tragedy struck.
He was said to have engaged in a hot argument with the policeman, who allegedly demanded a N50 bribe from him.
A source said, “The policeman stopped the truck driver at the checkpoint and they engaged in an argument over a bribe of N50. The driver refused to offer the policeman the bribe and suddenly, the policeman shot the man in the head and he fell down and died.
“This infuriated the other truck drivers and they barricaded the road in protest.”
Another source stated that efforts made by a team of policemen, who were deployed in the scene, could not end the protest as the drivers insisted that the killer cop must face the music.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Femi Joseph, who confirmed the incident, described it as sad and unfortunate.
He gave an assurance that the culprit would be brought to justice.
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