Pandemonium broke out at Agulu, in the Awka area of Anambra State on Tuesday after a bribe-seeking policeman shot dead a businessman in cold blood.
The victim who was allegedly shot dead by Police (Photo: facebook.com/emmanuel.ebelechukwu)
A bribe-seeking policeman has shot dead a businessman identified as Chinonso Onyeme in the Awka area of Anambra State on Tuesday when the 30-year-old was with his friends in a Toyota Sienna when the incident happened around 1pm
According to a report by PUNCH Metro learnt that family member of the father of four, who spoke to a correspondent and broke down in tears, said Onyeme gave up the ghost at the Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku, where he was rushed to for treatment.
While also speaking to a correspondent, an eyewitness, Ngini Ebelechukwu who shared photos from the incident on Facebook, said the victim was shot by a cop who was in a team of 10 bribe-seeking policemen who were said to be in two navy blue Hilux vans with the inscriptions, ‘Metro Patrol Police, Awka.’
Ebelechukwu whose vehicle had been previously stopped by the policemen, said he had been held for about 20 minutes as the cops insisted on collecting a bribe from him, adding that it was during the time that Onyeme was shot dead by one of the cops
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