A happy trigger Police Sergeant identified as Collins Akpugo, has shot dead a resident of okwulagha Afara Ukwu in Umuahia, the Abia State Capital.
A woman Leader from the community Mrs Ngozi Ogbonna, who led a group of women to protest the killing of the man, told National Ambassador News that the deceased Chukwubuike Onuoha, (21) was shot right in front of his father’s compound on Monday night.
Narrating how the incident happened Ogbonna, said Onuoha, was in the company of other youths from the community when the Police drove towards them on a Toyota Hilux van.
She said the cop reportedly flashed his Van’s light on the youths, prompting Onuaha, to urged the police officer to dim his light.
She added that rather than dim the Van’s light, the Police officer alighted from his vehicle and shot the deceased on the shoulder.
According to Ngozi , while the youths including the deceased elder brother tried to engage the Policeman, he chased them away with his run and later shot the deceased a second time on the chest before abandoning his van on the scene and took to his heeds.
She said, “we know Collins very well, he is a tenant in our community. He killed our son for no just cause.
Onuoha was later confirmed dead at federal Medical center Umuahia this morning.
“We have gone to the Government to complain, we have also gone to the Nigeria Union of Journalists and we are going to the police command to express our grievances to them.
All we want is justice in this matter”, Ngozi said.
The incident had caused pandemonium within the Umuahia City in the early hours of Tuesday June 4, 2019 as youths from the community earlier went on a protest at the Central Political Station Umuahia.
They were reportedly dispersed by Policemen who shot tear gas canisters into the air, before blocking the same section of the Umuahia Bende road where the Central Police Station is located.
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state Mr. Geoffrey Ogbonna, has confirmed the incident.
He also said that the Commissioner of Police in the state Mr Okon Enen has summoned an investigation team led by the homicide department of the state Criminal investigation department to investigate the matter.
He said, “We got a signal last night that a police shot a resident of the Afara community.
“The Commissioner of Police in the state has ordered a thorough investigation into what happened.
