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A
trigger-happy policeman has killed a patent medicine dealer, identified as
Tochukwu Iro.
It was
gathered that Tochukwu, 42, who just got married, was shot on Wednesday by the
policeman, said to be from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, because the deceased
refused to stop when ordered to do so.
A source said,
“The incident happened on France Road. The man was shot because he allegedly
did not stop when he was ordered to do so by the police.
“He was shot
in the thigh. Other SARS operatives immediately rushed him to the Murtala
Mohammed Specialist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.”
As news of the
death of Tochukwu spread, about 200 angry youths of Igbo extraction took to the
streets in Sabon Gari to protest against the shooting.
The Chairman,
Igbo Traders Welfare Association, Kano State, Chief Emmanuel Amadi, said
Tochukwu died on Thursday, 24 hours after he was shot.
Amadi stated
that the protesting youths wanted the police to investigate the shooting and bring
the offender to book.
He said, “The
protesters are demanding justice. On our own, we have pleaded with them not to
take laws into their own hands. All we are asking for is that the killer of
Tochukwu be made to face justice.”
The Kano State
Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Magaji Majia, said, “The
Commissioner of Police Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Yusuf, has ordered the arrest
and detention of the team leader and his men.
“He also
summoned the elders of the Igbo community in Kano to a meeting, where he
sympathised with them and assured them that justice would be done.
“The outcome
of the investigation will be made public as soon as investigation is
completed.”
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