A policeman with the Delta State Police Command accused of shooting a trader, Onyeka Emmanuel Ibe, has recounted the horrific experience, saying it was not an intentional act.
The young trader was reportedly shot dead at a check point in Anwai-Ugbolu road, near Asaba, the capital of Delta State.
Giving his account of what transpired, the policeman, who was subsequently detained for alleged murder, said, he heard a voice from about 10 to 15km, saying, ‘hold him, hold him’. But before he could turn, the young man raised his left hand to his rifle and said ‘I will kill you’.
He explained that before he could drag it from him, his belt entered the trigger and it fired.
The killing of the young man caused public unrest as angry youths blocked major roads in Asaba over the alleged extrajudicial killing by the police.
Ibe was said to be on his way to work when he was stopped by policemen at a checkpoint along the Ugbolu-Asaba Highway. According to his colleagues, he refused to offer a N100 bribe which angered one of the policemen who shot him in the head, killing him on the spot.
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