A policeman attached to Emene Police Station, Enugu, has provoked public outcry following his shooting of a commercial motorcycle operator, Okorie Aneke, last Friday.Okada men live a terrible life and sometimes not only police but strange people murder them in strange locations .See picture at bottom at your own risk ! Terrible slaying of Seirra leone okada driver.An investigation showed that Aneke was riding his motorcycle when he was stopped at a police checkpoint on the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway, Emene.One of the policemen had demanded N500 from him for not using a crash helmet, but the rider had replied that he had no money as he had just left his house to start the day's work. He, however, offered the policemen N90 which was rejected.An argument ensued between Aneke and the policemen and in the course of this, one of the security operatives, an inspector, shot at him.The bullet entered through his back and emerged from the chest leaving the victim gasping for breath as he was soaked with his own blood.To cover up, the killer policeman reportedly hung his rifle on the dying man's neck to give the impression that he was an armed robber.But his plot was frustrated by an eyewitness, Mr. Vincent Obetta, a legal practitioner, who was approaching the checkpoint in his car when the incident happened.The lawyer alighted from his car and insisted that the killer cop must remove the rifle, but he refused.Sensing that tempers were rising as people in the vicinity were gathering, the policemen called their colleagues at Emene Police Station, who, within a few minutes, came in a Hilux patrol van.The policemen were led by the Divisional Crime Officer at the station to the crime scene. The cop told the DCO that he was attacked by Aneke and two unknown assailants who had fled into the bush.He maintained that the assailants wanted to snatch his rifle and in the process, he managed to shoot one of them while the two others fled into the bush.Obetta, however, refuted his claims saying that the okada rider was alone and did not attack the cop. He explained that Aneke was shot while arguing with the other policemen.He said, "The DCO then asked me what I wanted them to do, but I said we should take the victim to the hospital since he was still breathing and he suggested that he should be taken to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, whether his life could still be saved."I also helped in carrying Aneke into the police Hilux van, but he was not taken to the hospital; they drove him to Emene Police Station."Obetta said he went with them to the station where he informed the Divisional Police Officer that Aneke was killed without any provocation.In the course of this, he said a crowd had gathered in front of the station and fearing a mob attack, the policemen fired teargas canisters to disperse the people.Obetta said he had to run away, abandoning his car at the police station. He boarded a commercial motorcycle to the state police headquarters where he demanded to see the Commissioner of Police but was told that he was not in the office.He later met with the officer in charge of the CP Police Monitoring Unit, Mr. Mike Abattam and narrated the story to him.Obetta also met with another team of seven senior officers who were having a meeting. He informed them about the incident and they asked him to give them 20 minutes to discuss the matter.When he was called in, the meeting presided over by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Oguguo, asked him to go back to Emene Police Station to pacify the protesting youths.At the station, he learnt that Aneke's remains had been deposited in a mortuary and his motorcycle recovered and taken to the police headquarters.The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Ebere Amarizu, got many people boiling when he alleged in a radio interview that Aneke was a criminal who, along with two assailants, attempted to snatch a rifle from a policeman.The state police command has, however, doused public anger by promising to investigate the incident.The Assistant Commissioner in charge of the state CID, Mr. Damilola Adebuyi, told journalists on that the commissioner, Mohammed Zarewa, had ordered a thorough investigation into the incident.okada man picture slaughtered in sierra leone by unknown persons .SCROLL DOWN TO SEE PICTURE AT YOUR OWN RISK !
Comments