A laundryman in Lagos State, Blessing Demian, has called for justice after a policeman allegedly shot him in the leg at Oke-Afa, Isolo area of the state.
According to a report, the victim was coming back from work around 9.45 pm, on September 14 when the policeman, Kenneth Kadire, of the Ejigbo Police Station, allegedly shot him on the right leg for allegedly marrying a woman, who was once in a relationship with his colleague.
A further report had it that the woman who allegedly had an affair with one of Kadire’s colleagues, left the officer to marry Demian, a decision that did not go down well with the cop.
The victim while speaking on the incident said the cop shot him on the right leg for refusing to refund the money that his colleague allegedly spent on the woman.
He added that the policeman in question vowed to kill him.
He said, “I was coming back from work in Ago and going to Ejigbo on a scooter, which I use to collect clothes and deliver them when I was stopped by one of the policemen at a checkpoint by the Petrocam filling station at the turning leading to the Oke-Afa mass burial ground.”
“I asked why he stopped me and he said I was mad and before I could say any other thing, he started beating me, and when my wife, who was on the bike, asked what happened, he started beating her as well.”
He noted that the policeman pushed him into the police van and said he was an armed robber and shot his leg, threatening to kill him and his wife and throw their bodies away.
The laundryman stated that Kadire told him that he ought to know that he has to return the money his colleague spent on his wife when they were dating and if he fails to do so, they will play with their lives.
He revealed that when he fired the shot at him, the bullets hit a truck driver whom the policeman was trying to extort and one agbero, and before they knew what was happening, the policemen had disappeared.
The 30-year-old, who noted that the Divisional Police Officer of the Ejigbo Police Station, where he reported the case, was furious with Kadire, added that although the station initially paid his medical bills, he was later abandoned.
He called for justice claiming that the action has stopped him from going to work.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, who confirmed the incident said Kadire would be punished for his professional misconduct.
He said, “The victim was taken care of by the DPO, but he is now demanding an outrageous amount of money from the force and the force cannot be held responsible for the action of the cop.”
“It is a personal thing between him and the policeman; the force has no business with what happened between them; the policeman is an adult responsible for his action and the NPF cannot be held liable, because he did not act in his capacity as a policeman posted to work in a location, but pursued his personal agenda.”
“Investigations showed that they both had personal grudges and the policeman is responsible for his action, but on our part, we have commenced the orderly room trial of the policeman, because he cannot hide under the cover of the NPF to misbehave.
“So, definitely, he will be punished for his professional misconduct and he will be handed over to the conventional court for him and the victim to continue with their matter.”
source https://www.naijanews.com/2019/11/05/policeman-shoots-laundryman-for-snatching-colleagues-lover/
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