Police Officer Allegedly Shoots Boy Dead For Retaliating After He Slapped Him

A police officer in Umuaka, Imo state, has allegedly shot dead an 18-year-old boy for retaliating after being slapped.

The boy’s killing stirred up tension in the town as the youths in the area began planning an attack on the police station.

According to village sources, the youths mobilised to attack the police station but some elders appealed to them to allow the police hierarchy handle the matter.

An elder in the area told The Nation: “I can tell you that the boys were not happy with the matter is that policeman killed the boy over an altercation. So, they had mobilised to burn down the station to show their anger and loss.

“But, some of us had to intervene because this kind of thing has happened here before about 15 years ago when some policemen caused the death of some people in Umuaka here and our youths burned down the police station. So we don’t want this kind of thing to happen anymore.

“Some of them are still planning to launch an attack but we’re still appealing to them.”

The state police commissioner, Rabiu Ladodo confirmed the incident. He added that the command was doing everything possible to contain any further crisis that might arise from the incident.

Ladodo also disclosed that the policeman involved had been arrested and will be punished if found guilty.

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Lawless nation

No need for Court ... Shoot the Officer dead too. Best Justice

What a nation! Deranged people everywhere

Mad uniform men handling guns, only in Nigeria.


No conscience no sanity!

Crazy guys everywhere. Na so one of them shot an innocent truck driver in ondo state last week. Who will deliver us from this evil in the country.

It's so unfortunate things have to be allowed to degenerate to this. An issue that should have been settled amicably by this same police officer. This indeed shows how the police see the citizens and themselves. I am very familiar with this town and the bank in question is a UBA branch that shares a dwarf fence boundary with the police station. Unfortunately this is the only bank in the whole of the city and it is always a thug of war to withdraw money from their ATM due to the mammoth crowd that always besiege there. May his soul rest in peace

you want to find out if it is truth when someone is dead

Jungle justice please.