Policeman kills 40-year-old in Bayelsa

A 40-year-old man was shot dead by a policeman as he drove home from work along Azikoro Road in Yenagoa, the capital of Nigeria’s Bayelsa State.

The deceased was an electrician from Bobougbene community in Burutu local government area of Delta State, and was carrying a passenger in the front seat when the incident occurred.

“The victim was demanded to pay N200 as their usual collection package from motorists which he said he did not have,” an eyewitness said.

“The victim complained that he was carrying only one passenger when the policeman suddenly fired at him,” the eyeewitness added.

The policeman allegedly escaped in the patrol van, but some eyewitnesses had already taken pictures of him.

The corpse to Government House Hospital, Yenagoa and later to the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa.

Meanwhile, the family is seeking justice, urging Governor Douye Diri, the Inspector General of Police and the Ijaw Youth Council to take the necessary steps against police brutality in the state.