JUST IN: Police kill two protesters in Abuja

“I saw the lifeless bodies of the victims with my own eyes before I scampered to safety. They also injured an unspecified number of people.”

IDRIS IBRAHIM • MAY 18, 2021
FCT Commissioner of Police (CP), Bala Ciroma
FCT Commissioner of Police (CP), Bala Ciroma
No fewer than two persons were fatally shot while others sustained gunshot wounds as operatives of the Nigeria Police opened fire on residents in Abuja, witnesses told Peoples Gazette.

The incident occurred Tuesday morning in Kabusa district within the city’s metropolis.

It was gathered that the attack was prompted by a violent protest that occurred yesterday over the death of a man who died in police detention.

The Gazette findings could not independently verify the identity of the victim who died in custody as of the time of filing this report.

Residents told The Gazette that the deceased was detained at the Kabusa Police Division for two days after his vehicle rammed into a commercial motorbike operator.

A witness, Mohammed Damana, told The Gazette Tuesday afternoon that the deceased took the injured motorcycle operator for medical treatment shortly after the accident on Saturday.

“After the deceased paid for the okada rider medical bills, he was apprehended by the police and was detained for two days until he died yesterday in detention.

“On hearing the news of his demise, his wife and group of certain youths from Pigasamawa community stormed the police station and barricaded the entrance.



“The irate youths forced their way into the station’s compound and tried to free other suspects in detention,” Mr Damawa said.

The witness further disclosed that the police had to call for reinforcement from the headquarters of the FCT Command to foil the jailbreak attempt.

“After calm was restored yesterday in the community, the police had to deploy more operatives this morning that unleashed mayhem on innocent residents,” the witness said.

Mr Damana alleged that around 8:30 a.m. the security operatives started opening fire on innocent people.

“They open live ammunitions, fired teargas on us this morning and killed two persons including a child of about 10 years old.”

“I saw the lifeless bodies of the victims with my own eyes before I scampered to safety. They also injured an unspecified number of people.”

Another resident, Jerry Girbau, commercial motorcycle operator, told The Gazette that he had to run for his dear life when the shooting started.

“I saw a lady who sustained gunshots wound on her thigh lying helpless on the ground. But I heard that normalcy has been restored in our community and I don’t have the plan to go back today,” Mr Girbau said.



The police spokeswoman, Mariam Yusuf, in a statement sent to The Gazette, confirmed the incident and disclosed that the police has launched investigation into the matter.

“The Police Command of the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday, 18th May, 2021 restored calm at Kabusa axis following a violent protest by some residents of the area who were agitating over a suspect who was earlier rescued from an angry mob for knocking down two (2) passengers on Monday 17th May, 2021 leaving them with fatal injuries.”

“Unfortunately, the suspect who had been beaten to pulp by the angry mob as a result fell ill and was rushed to the hospital for treatment were the doctor certified him dead,” the police said.

“In view of the above, some residents of Kabusa during the violent protest attempted to overrun the Divisional Headquarters but were resisted by a joint team of police operatives. Regrettably, in the bid to restore calm one young resident sustained serious injuries and is currently receiving medical attention,” the police added.

When probed further about the residents killed by security operatives, Ms Mariam kept mum and did not respond to the query.

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Killing killing killing everywhere.

“I saw a lady who sustained gunshots wound on her thigh lying helpless on the ground. But I heard that normalcy has been restored in our community and I don’t have the plan to go back today,” Mr Girbau said.


Mr. Girbau is a wise man.

Deploy those officers to south east asp

Terrorists in uniforms, tufia

Now if you talk pim, they will just kpai you.

They want to sustain this their ancestral estate at all cost without recourse to whoever ox is gored.

You don't know prepared they are now.

BraveDesign:
Killing killing killing everywhere.

When una dey vote for buhari una no know say na cemetry and plenty grave una vote for. Buhari is synonymous with death. That's why Nigeria sef dey die rapidly. How do you expect a lifeless person to bring life to the citizen. Una never chi chomptin

HOLLY GRAM WTF.. DAT AINT RITE

Lastmankc:
Deploy those officers to south east asp

They will shit in their pants

Are you cows that you'd be valuable?

Kdon2:


When una dey vote for buhari una no know say na cemetry and plenty grave una vote for. Buhari is synonymous with death. That's why Nigeria sef dey die rapidly. How do you expect a lifeless person to bring life to the citizen. Una never chi chomptin

When we warned them in 2015, they thought it was some sort of a joke. Especially the sophisticated morons from Yorubaland. By the time this janjaweeeed finish dealing with stupid Nigerians, they'll know the difference between P and N. C and M. B and S. If they can even still have freedom of worship by then, they should give God thanks.

Maybe it was an Easterner
who knocked down a Hausa
motorcycle operator.

n d policemen are still walking around

The police has a question to answer on why someone will die in detention.
But for goodness sake, why will some stupid youths want to enter the police station and free the detained people in the cell?