A 30 year-old first class graduate of Economics from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Moses Murtala Aminu has been shot and killed by a constable with the Nigeria Police.
Moses had on Sunday, left his No. 67 Ahmadu Ahidjo
Street, Narayi High Cost family residence for a party in Barnawa, Kaduna State.
According to his friend and eyewitness, the police constable who was identified
as Alex Okpe was beating up Aminu’s girlfriend outside the party venue when he
tried to intervene. At that point, the constable got angry, reached for his
jeans trousers, brought out his gun and fired, killing Aminu on the spot. The
constable also shot in the air as he escaped on his motorcycle.
Vanguard reports that the killer policeman has been
tracked down and arrested by officers from the Barnawa Police Division. The
incident has also been confirmed by Femi Adenaike, the Kaduna State
Commissioner of Police and he said that it was true Alex Okpe was arrested and
he confessed to the killing on interrogation. He said that Okpe claimed that he
fired in ‘self-defence’ when Moses and his friends were trying to fight him
over his girlfriend.
According to the Police, Okpe was not even sent to
Barnawa as at that time and he will be tried and dismissed if found guilty.“The
suspect is in the cell and we have commenced investigation. And if he is found
guilty, we will give him an in-house trial and summary dismissal so that he can
face the law for homicide,”the police boss said.
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