Policeman shoots musician over bribe

An upcoming artiste, Olasore Oluwafemi, has been shot by a policeman in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

The incident, which happened on Sunday at Agric bus stop, was said to have caused commotion as residents ran helter-skelter, while the policeman along with two of his colleagues fled the scene.

However, the cop was identified as Zakari, attached to the Owutu Police Division, Ikorodu.

The victim had an arrangement with his friend, Opeyemi Efunwole, to meet at a filing station in the Agric area.

The two men had planned to move from the filing station to Headies Award, in Efunwole’s private car.

Oluwafemi was in a commercial cab heading towards the place when a police team in a commercial bus stopped the driver.

Oluwafemi, who sat beside the driver, said, “I was told the police usually collect N2, 000 from every cab driver at the junction. So when he stopped our cab, the driver tried to reverse and he shot at the car. The bullet pierced through the cab and hit my leg. I felt terrible pains.”

The cab driver was said to have driven him to the filing station where Efunwole was waiting for him.

Efunwole, who was also the manager of the victim, said he took him to a private hospital where he was given first aid.

“But we had to go to the police station for a police report to get further treatment at a general hospital.

“However, on getting to the station, the Divisional Police Officer denied that any of his men went out or shot at anybody. But later, on compassionate ground, he gave us a medical form for my friend to get further treatment.

“While the treatment was on at the hospital, I went back to the station with Oluwafemi’s relatives and the cab driver to give our statements about what happened. They said they were not sure it was a policeman attached to the station that fired the shot.”