Tigger-happy policemen on routine patrol along the
Tombia/Etegwe axis of the Yenagoa metropolis have shot a
17-year-old trader and two other residents of Bayelsa State who
went to the Tombia market for regular shopping.
The unprovoked shooting enraged some residents of the state on
Wednesday who called for steep disciplinary measures to be meted to
the officers involved in the shooting.
Channels Television learned that the teenage victim, Alice
Azaghene, would require a surgical operation to enable her to use
her legs again.
A resident, Kingdom Baine, said the teenager was sent to the
market to trade periwinkle before tragedy struck.
“I was in my house yesterday when her elder sister sent her to
sell periwinkle at the market in the night around past 7 pm. After
then, a police van arrived and shot.
“After shooting the gun, bullets entered her two legs. That was
what they told me,” the resident narrated.
Another victim of the shooting, Ebinipre Onojamadu, said the
second gunshot fired by the police personnel pierced her legs and
put her in her current situation.
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The 47-year-old Onojamadu may not be able to walk for a very
long time as the doctor said the injury she sustained from the
gunshot was quite extensive.
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“About 6 o’clock in the evening, I was coming out to get some
foodstuff. When I got close to the junction almost close to the
roundabout, I heard a gunshot,” she said.
“The second gunshot was the one that pierced through my leg. I
didn’t know the first time that something had happened to me.
“When they said they were shooting that we should go back, I
couldn’t move. That was when I noticed that something had happened
to me.”
Meanwhile, the State Police Command issued a statement signed by
the Public Relations Officer Asinim Butswat, confirming the
incident.
The police spokesman explained that the erring officers have
been identified and taken into custody.
According to him, the Commissioner of Police, Mike Okoli,
condemned the shooting and called for calm from citizens.
The Commissioner also assured residents of the state the case
will be thoroughly investigated and all indicted officer brought to
justice.
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