One of the bullets reportedly fired by policemen attached to the Ijora
Badia Police Division, Lagos State, has killed a 16-year-old pupil at
Randle Secondary School, Apapa, Emmanuel Chukwu.
The Senior
Secondary School 2 pupil was said to be in front of his parents’
residence on Fadaini Street, Ijora Badia, watching some protesters when
he was hit by the bullet.
PUNCH Metro gathered that some
youths of the area had stormed the station around 8am on Sunday to
protest against the rescue of a suspected female kidnapper by policemen.
The
operatives were said to have resorted to shooting to repel the
rampaging youths during which the Ebonyi State indigene was killed.
Our
correspondent gathered that some residents had apprehended a woman for
allegedly kidnapping a five-year-old girl in the community and attempted
to lynch her. The suspect was rescued by the policemen and taken to the
station.
Angered by the police’s action, the youths mobilised to the station and demanded that the suspect should be released to them.
They reportedly threw stones into the station when the police did not yield to their demand.
A resident, who identified himself only as Bola, stated that there had
been cases of abduction in the neighbourhood without the perpetrators
being brought to book.
He said the youths resorted to jungle justice because they believed that the police would eventually release the suspect.
He
said, “A woman was caught with a five-year-old girl around 7am on
Sunday and she was beaten up. In the process, policemen from the Ijora
Badia Division came to rescue her. People took the law into their own
hands because they did not have confidence in the police that justice
would be done. There had been cases of abduction in this community and
nothing came out of them.
“Some youths went to the station,
demanding that the woman should be released to them. As they were
throwing stones into the premises, the policemen started shooting. The
noise of the protesters drew the attention of people living around the
station. A boy (Emmanuel), who also came out to watch the protest, was
shot by the policemen. He died on the spot and they carried his corpse
away. They did not allow his mother to see his corpse.”
A
community leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Baale of
Ebute, a neighbouring community, went to the station to plead that the
mother be given access to the corpse. The traditional ruler was arrested
and detained.
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