An employee of Access Bank, Femi Badejo, who was
allegedly shot alongside a security guard, Joshua Musa, by policemen on
Saturday at Ikota, Lagos, still has a bullet lodged in his wrist.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the bullet could
not be removed at the moment.
“I’m still in pain from the bullet wounds. I was
shot five times. Four of the bullets have been removed but the fifth one is
still lodged in my wrist and because of fear of complications, doctors can’t
touch it for now,” he said.
However, Badejo has been moved from St. Nicholas
Hospital, Lagos Island, to an undisclosed location.
Meanwhile, Covenant University Alumni Association
has written a petition to the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Abubakar,
over the alleged shooting.
Badejo is an alumnus of the university and member
of the association.
The Vice-President of the Abuja chapter of the
association, Mr. Reginald Bassey, berated the police for lack of
professionalism and failing to issue a public apology.
Bassey said the matter was more pathetic because
Badejo is a promising young man, a husband and a father-to-be, who had been
left incapacitated for days.
He added, “We have written a petition to demand
for three things. First, we want a thorough investigation into the matter and
we want the policemen who shot the victims to be brought to book.
“We see it as callous that those who are paid to
secure lives could storm a compound and start shooting sporadically.
“Also, we want compensation for Badejo and the
compensation must be commensurate with the extent of the injury.”
Bassey expressed dismay that rather than address
the situation, the police resorted to harassing a journalist that reported the
incident.
“We want a formal apology from the Inspector-General
of police addressed to Badejo,” he said.
The Coordinator of the Lagos chapter of the
association, Mr. Olufemi Fajemisin, who signed the petition, questioned the
level of training of policemen in the state due to the incessant allegations of
extra-judicial killings.
Badejo and Musa were allegedly shot by the
policemen who responded to a distress call about a robbery in the banker’s home
on Saturday at Ikota area of Lagos.
The residents of the house said when the
policemen arrived the scene about an hour after the robbers had left, they
started shooting indiscriminately resulting in injuring the banker and security
guard.
Badejo was shot five times while Musa was hit
twice.
The police claimed that Badejo was shot only once
while the security guard had been shot by the armed robbers before they
arrived.
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