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A Policeman Known as Isah Mohammed during the weekend killed a bus driver Because of N50 at a checkpoint along Tegina-Lagos Road near Mashegu local government area of Niger state.
Anonymous Eyewitnesses disclosed that the policeman demanded that the driver give him N100 but the driver begged for N50 which he offered to the policeman.
The policeman was said to have insisted on the balance of N50 which the deceased driver said he could not part with as he walked towards his vehicle.
Quicly Angered by driver’s refusal to bring N100 , the policeman reportedly cocked and fired at the driver, killing him Immediately, while the conductor sustained a fracture in the leg from the shot which killed the driver and was hospitalized.
The incident led to a protest by other drivers who Blocked the Tegina-Lagos road for few hours and complained of incessant harassment of policemen
Confirming the incident, the Niger State Police Command Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, said the affected policeman has been arrested and detained adding that the Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu Abubakar has ordered an investigation.
He added that the commissioner urged the members of the public, especially commercial drivers not to take law into their hands stating that justice would be done accordingly in the case.