An anti-riot policeman,
Corporal Aliyu Hamisu, reportedly shot his colleague, Joshua Mathew, dead at a
bank in Zaria, Kaduna State on Friday.
He also killed a young boy who was at the bank
to withdraw money from an ATM and an Okada rider.
The circumstances behind the incident were
hazy, but it was learnt that Hamisu and Mathew, a sergeant got into an argument
which led to the former shooting the latter and two others.
There are different
versions of the incident. While one version said Hamisu shot at Mathew, another
version said it was the other way round.
But the News Agency of Nigeria reported that
the quarrel between the two officers ensued following a discovery that the
sergeant had been short-changing the corporal.
Northern City News gathered that Hamisu was
shot on the legs by other policemen at the bank and subsequently mobbed by the
crowd.
The incident caused pandemonium in the area and
forced the bank to hurriedly shut down its operation as motorists and everyone
scampered to safety on hearing gunshots.
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