Police Corporal from Abuja blows out brains of bus conductor in Lagos

IGP, Mohammed Abubakar

All hell broke out yesterday at the Ketu area of Lagos State, when a policeman shot point blank at a conductor’s head, killing him instantly.

The Nigerian Compass heard that the young man was killed after the policeman, allegedly demanded for a bribe, which the conductor stubbornly refused to give.

The policeman was said to have opened fire on him. The bullet hit him on the head, his brains spattered everywhere and he died immediately on the spot.

A police source, attached to Ketu Police Station, told the Nigerian Compass that the killer policeman, identified as Corporal Oluwatiyesi Gboyega, a mobile policeman attached to Mopol 50, FCT Abuja, brought out his service pistol and shot the bus conductor on the head during a misunderstanding. The bus conductor died instantly.

The source added: “When we saw that the situation was becoming tensed, we arrested the policeman and took him to our station. We’ll transfer him tomorrow. Policeman or no policeman, he has killed somebody and must be treated as a murderer.”

Enraged bus drivers and other conductors, re-enforced and almost began a war on policemen in the area.

Fearing the worst, policemen in the area had immediately started shooting sporadically into the air.

Commercial activities were halted, as passers-by and traders scampered for safety from flying bullets.

One of the eye witnesses, Lanre Gbangba, said: “When I got to Ketu, it was confusion everywhere. Policemen were everywhere and they were shooting. I had to run and hid somewhere. I hid there until the shooting stopped. Policemen and bus drivers were fighting. It was serious fight. It all started after a policeman shot and killed a bus conductor who refused to give him bribe.”

When the Nigerian Compass contacted police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide on the matter, she explained that she had only just heard about the incident, some minutes ago and was still trying to get the clear facts of the matter, before giving out information, to avoid misleading members of the public.