A student was allegedly shot by a police officer at Ijegwu community in Obi local government area of Benue State weekend, after a heated argument.

An eyewitness disclosed that the victim, Augustine Ajom, a student, allegedly engaged the police officer, who was armed with an AK 47 rifle, in a heated argument over a missing phone when the policeman allegedly shot him.

According to our source at Obarike-Ito, headquarters of Obi local government area, the police officer was part of a team dispatched to Oju on a special assignment from the Otukpo Area Command when the unfortunate incident occurred, Vanguard reports.

The shooting of the student, it was gathered elicited angry reaction from members of Ijegwu community who assaulted one of the policemen.

The angry villagers allegedly went further to set ablaze the Volkswagen Golf car which was used for the special mission by the policemen.

Victims of the mob attack and the shot student are said to be receiving treatment at the Obarike-Ito General Hospital after being transferred from a clinic at Itakpa.

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we need to occupy Nigeria police, wot sort of nonsense is this? just yesterday a policeman was sentence to death for shooting his own colleague, when will all dis unjust killings stop...o Lord plz come to our rescue.

i wont be surprise if Nigerians rise up against those blood suckers tomorrow.

Murphy T: we need to occupy Nigeria police, wot sort of nonsense is this? just yesterday a policeman was sentence to death for shooting his own colleague, when will all dis unjust killings stop...o Lord plz come to our rescue.

They have also shot a foreigner in Lagos and also shot another guy in akwa ibom...ITu LGA .... Some people will rather fall into the hands of hoodlums than the police.