The premises of a
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Mega Station located at the Control
Post junction in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has been deserted following the
alleged killing of one Friday Nduka (Pictured above), by a police Inspector, Mike Edem, who was
on duty at the station.
Punch's correspondent learnt that the victim, who
returned from Malaysia for his wedding in Owerri on December 27, 2016, hailed
from the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.
He was reportedly shot dead on December 22 by
the trigger-happy policeman, who is now at large, in the presence of his
fiancée and younger brother.
An eyewitness told
Punch’s correspondent that Nduka got into in a serious argument with one of the
pump attendants over his missing iPhone 7.
He said the argument degenerated into a fight
and Nduka, inflicted injuries on the attendant.
The witness said the manager of the station,
Mrs. Ruth Enemmuo, who is now in police detention, intervened, adding that as
soon as Nduka entered into his car, the police inspector fired, killing him
instantly.
It was learnt that the inspector fled the area
and had not been seen.
The manager later went to the police station to
report the killing, but was detained immediately.
A human rights lawyer and counsel to the
detained NNPC manager, Kissinger Ikeokwu, said there was no reason for the
police to detain the NNPC station manager.
“Now, the police are saying that my client
should produce their own fleeing officer,” he added.
The woman, who spoke to Punch’s correspondent
from her cell, said all the station’s attendants, including the one that had an
altercation with the deceased, were on the run.
The state Police Public Relations Officer,
Andrew Enwerem, confirmed the incident and described the inspector as unruly.
Enwerem stated that the Inspector-General of
Police had mandated the Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, to apprehend the
fleeing inspector.
-Punch
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