Three gun-shot victims rushed to the Accident and Emergency Ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Monday night are in stable condition, while the fourth person died on arrival, Daily Sun learnt yesteray.

The victims, three men and a pregnant woman, were allegedly shot by one Corporal Mohammed Abubakar from MOPOL 17, Akure, Ondo State at Diamond Estate, Festac Town, following a disagreement over an unconfirmed matter. It was gathered that the four victims were allegedly shot in a fast food joint by the corporal who was suspected to be drunk at the time of the incident.

Eyewitnesses said the disagreement and flaring-up of tempers occurred that night at the fast food joint where noodles is the main delicacy. The angry corporal opened fire on the victims and fled.  The policeman who is not attached to the Lagos Police Command, was said to be on an unofficial visit to a company in Diamond Estate.

Meanwhile, when our reporter visited LUTH, the three surviving victims were being attended to by doctors who assured  that they will make it. The consultants regretted the death of one of the victims, blaming his demise on the site of the bullet wound and the time of arrival of the patients to the hospital.

A consultant, who spoke to Daily Sun on condition of anonymity, disclosed that of the three surviving patients, the two men will go for surgery because of the nature of wounds they sustained from the gunshot and also to retrieve bullets and pellets from their bodies.

“The pregnant woman who appears to be a bit more lucky, will not need surgery, she will undergo intensive and general care and be discharged. One of the men was shot in the eye, ophatalmologists are working hard to ensure the wound does not degenerate, he will be operated soon.

“The second man was shot in the thigh, he will also undergo surgery, apart from the damage done on the site of the wound, there are indications that bullet pellets lodged in the muscles must be retrieved,” he said.

Confirming the incident, LUTH’s spokesperson, Mrs Hope Nwawolo, said the three victims are in stable condition and are responding to treatment. “The hospital has drafted a team of experts to ensure that they are well taken care of medically”, she said.

The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Umar Manko, confirmed that a police corporal from MOPOL 17, Akure, Ondo State was responsible for the shooting. “The corporal is not from the Lagos State Police Command. He is from MOPOL 17, Akure. He was attached to a company in Festac Town, but I wonder what a mobile policeman from Akure is doing in Lagos.

The CP said he has asked the Area Commander for Festac area, Mr Dan Okoro, to contact his Squadron Commander to explain what the policeman from his unit was doing in that company at that time. Manko disclosed the force has declared manhunt for the corporal who took to his heels after committing the crime.

Another eyewitness said that the corporal went to the fast food vendor to eat noddles when a quarrel broke out between him and other customers. The source said in the process, he fired sporadically and took to his heels. “The policeman would have been lynched by a mob, but they were afraid to go after him as he was fully armed,” the eyewitness said.

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now u call this fresh air?
I call it straight bullet!

the police is really becoming something else these days.

They can chase criminals for decade without catching them but when it comes to the citizens, they kill them everyday.

It shouldn't be taken lightly.

Why didn't the police shoot himself under the influence of alcohol?

9Ja police.......they never cease to surprise me. Everything abt them is so barberic. I have never in my life believed in the police even the reports they give to us on air i always believe they are lying.

I wonder why people will argue with some one with arms even if it is not loaded. To save his ego as a policeman, he has to fire, that's our police officer's mentality here.


Lesson #1: don't engage in argument with an armed man whether police, army, navy, opc, bakassi, egbesu, boko haram, militant, ombtse, etc.

God hlp nigeria...amen

I hear you! He was drunk but sober enough to run away after shooting, huh?

I dey fear naija police die especially if I see them with gun. cos u may not live to tell story of stray bullet.

Gone are the days where Police carry batons, i really wish for those good old days

could u emerging an officer of d law who should protect it citizens

Police shud be dis-arm or scrap frm Nigeria forces.dey are useless dan vigilante.i wonder what prompted him to shot them. R.i.p to d dead person.unfortunately for him he met his untimely death.

Police again!!

*passes bye nd eats gala*..... We hear dis every damn time... It's like a normal thing for trigger happy policemen...

buoye1: God hlp nigeria...amen

AMEN..

Police e oo! Go Bayelsa o!

De Africana: could u emerging an officer of d law who should protect it citizens

Somone needs to understand u, pls rephrase.

While in secondary school, our then principal gave us an advice and it stuck till date. He told us, "Never ever you argue with an armed policeman because it may terminate your life.." He went further to say that all the thinking and reasoning of an armed policeman are in the gun... He wouldn't think straight without pulling the trigger.


Stories like this will not stop in this country until policemen are being tried and sentenced to firing squad for pulling the trigger at any provocation.

The most pathetic thing about the NPF is that their leadership also believe in the crap called accidental discharge. That is the lowest any police force in the world can go. There is nothing called accidental discharge. For pulling the trigger, it means you have the intention to kill your target. One of the laws of fire-arms, do not point your weapon at someone you do not have intention to kill.

He was lucky he escaped trust lagosians thry woukd have set him on fire naija police i hail thee

Okay

What happened to rubber bullets

Get this police man,give him more alcohol,give a well loaded arm & take him to his family there you will know alcohol has no influence in his crime ,he already has a very bad habbit. The law should deal with this man for others to learn.

DEVILS In Uniform!!