Facts have emerged how a Nigerian policeman killed his colleague in Lagos State during a verbal confrontation over a fairly used phone....READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
A press statement issued by the police authorities said it had launched an investigation into the shooting incident….READ FULL ARTICLE
The statement said it involved police aides attached to a lawyer, Barrister Wale Fapohunda in the Surulere area of Lagos State on August 8, 2024.
The statement reads: “According to a police report, on August 8, 2024, at approximately 10:22pm, information was received from the Control Room that a police officer from SPU Base 10 Sokoto, who was assigned to Barrister Wale Fapohunda, shot and killed Gabriel Audu, a legion attached to the same lawyer.
“As soon as the information was received, the police team left for Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), where the suspect F/ No 510570 Corporal Umar Lawal was apprehended, and his rifle AK-47, which he used to kill the deceased, was also recovered.
“He confessed to the crime and stated that he truly wanted to shoot Vincent, aka Dogman, who had engaged him in a heated argument over a used phone he had purchased from him.
“Unfortunately, the bullet struck the deceased in the chest, and he was taken to Luth General Hospital Idiaraba, where he was pronounced dead.
“The corpse has been photographed, and his remains have been placed in the same hospital morgue for autopsy….READ FULL ARTICLE
