A police
sergeant, identified as Doctor Ogheneovo, attached to the Effurun Roundabout
park of Goddy Agofure Transport Company, has reportedly shot a commercial bus
driver dead.
The Nation
gathered that the killer policeman shot his victim, identified as Ese Eruotor,
for allegedly stopping to pick a passenger close to the Agofure park he guards.
Ogheneovo,
who was said to have been arrested and locked up at the Ebrumede Police
Station, is said to have been posted to the transport company from the Ughelli
Police Station.
An
eyewitness, who relayed the incident to the Nation in Warri on Sunday evening,
said it all happened on Friday when the policeman pursued the victim from
Effurun Roundabout to DSC Roundabout before catching up with him and shooting
him dead.
The eyewitness,
Akpokona James, said “the driver was said to have parked in front of the
Agofure park at Roundabout to pick passengers. The policeman was said have
pursued him from there with a Camry, caught up with him at DSC Roundabout and
shot him”.
The victim,
Ese Eruotor, is the first son of his father, Matthew and left behind a four
month-old baby. The corpse of the 23-year-old driver has been deposited at a
morgue within the Effurun area.
The father
of the victim, Matthew Eruotor, also confirmed the incident on Sunday decried
the manner his son was killed. He called on the police authorities to ensure
that his son’s killer was prosecuted.
When
contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Delta state police
command, SP Celestina Kalu, confirmed the incident, adding that the police
sergeant would be tried and dismissed before being charged to court
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