A police officer attached to the Otuocha Area Command in Anambra East Local Government Area, Anambra State, has shot and killed an unidentified male commercial bus driver.
It was gathered that the officer shot the deceased during an altercation over the payment of a N100 bribe to the security operatives at a checkpoint in the area.
According to a commercial driver near the scene identified only as Kamtochukwu, the young man was shot dead during an altercation between him and the police officers over the payment of a N100 bribe. During the argument, one of the police officers quickly pulled the trigger and shot him dead.
However, the spokesperson for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, said the Police Officer involved has been identified as Inspector Sani Suleiman, and has been disarmed and detained for further investigations and internal disciplinary procedures.