[size=13pt]Youths seek N150m payout from police over killing of colleague[/size]

BY ENYIM ENYIM

ONITSHA—Youths in Agulu under the aegis of Agulu Youth Development Empowerment Committee, weekend, demanded N150 million compensation for the family of 27-year-old Onyeka Agupugo who was allegedly shot dead by a policeman at a check-point at Nwagu Junction, Agulu.

In a petition by their President, Uchenna Okoye, to Anambra State Commissioner of Police and Inspector-General of Police, the youths also demanded that the policeman should be prosecuted and the corpse be released to the family for burial.

The petitioners also called on Governor Peter Obi, traditional ruler of Agulu, Igwe E.I. Obodoakor and President-General of Agulu Peoples Union, Azubike Okoye, to wade into the matter and ensure that justice was done.

The petition reads in part, ”This young man lying lifeless in your custody did not do anything to warrant his death. We and the immediate family demand that his corpse be released to the family and that the particular police officer who perpetrated the act be called to book and a compensation of N150m be paid to the family.”

Narrating the incident to Vanguard, Okoye said Agupugo was shot dead on August 13 by a policeman at a check-point at Nwagu Junction on his way home to Ekwulobia after work.

He said the deceased who left behind a four-month- old pregnant wife had been given a lift on a motorcycle by a friend when they reached the check-point and were stopped by the police man.

Okoye said: “The policeman who stopped them demanded N20 and when the rider of the motorcycle, Chibuzor Egboka, did not yield to the demand, he collected his key. Agupugo tried to mediate in the matter when the trigger-happy policeman pulled his trigger and killed Agupugo.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/youths-seek-n150m-payout-from-police-over-killing-of-colleague/

and what is that called

oh oh oh-----god.wat is this country becoming

one day you go hear say --------------------------pekin give him mama bele----------------lol

This country is f*ckd

It's sad that these attrocities are perpetuated by the people that are supposed to be protecting us. Lives are just being wasted daily by trigger happy men in black. Justice should be served to both parties.

Some of these police officers are not matured enought to be handling guns,Imagine they just wasted the life of an innocent boy.Some of them thinking they are toy gun which they can trigger at someone anyhow,why some got drunk and human being would like a piece of paper in their front.What a life!

Something Seriously needs to be done abt d NP. Maybe they need to be re-oriented on wat their jobs are or better still take away d guns and give dem pepper sprays.

Lol @ pepper spray

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This country is indeed really messed up, or tell me, how would one justify the killing of a defenseless citizen. The young man had no gun or knife on him, yet he was killed like someone who had one. Killings like these have happened in the past and nothing absolutely has been done to deter others from committing such atrocities. We need to see a policeman jailed for life or even killed for killing another defenseless human being before things will be set straight.

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paraphase:

Oh ok Your sorry arss is so Pho.cked up abi, Go Back to your country you re.tar.ded Congolese

thanks man, sum people r just not deserving of stayin in dis country of ours. stuffs like dis happen in other developed countries too nd u dont just pick out a particular issue to make conclusions. guess they'll prefer to be in syria or libya right nw. f**kin punks

hisses, and slams the door, **********winks************

mustspin:

thanks man, sum people r just not deserving of stayin in dis country of ours. stuffs like dis happen in other developed countries too nd u dont just pick out a particular issue to make conclusions. guess they'll prefer to be in syria or libya right nw. f**kin punks

[size=18pt]u dey craze[/size]. . .

Government should prosecute police specially.

philip0906:

[size=18pt]u dey craze[/size]. . .

yea d best contribution dat can come out of ur empty skull

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@paraphrase and mustphin or whatever
d both of u r sick and obviously live in zombie land else your comments would have been more sensible or prolly your fadas r policemen

wat is d need of a gun at a check point, after all the road safety agency recovers more contraband from their stop and search assignments than d so called police.

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duh. . .poor one 4rm u,but just tell ur policeman fada,dat it is becoming too much of them. . .slowpo.ke

These nigerian police need a thorough training on humanitarian issues, most of them arent mentally sound to be a police officer.

philip0906:

@paraphrase and mustphin or whatever
d both of u r sick and obviously live in zombie land else your comments would have been more sensible or prolly your fadas r policemen

lol. u guys uses phasmids so i dont blame u. the nigerian police gat issues, yes but its very improper to say nigeria is so f**ked. every country has its own challenges or would u compare the nigerian situation to that countries like syria and libya, dont we av maniacs dat just go about killing innocent people in the developed countries too? the point is learn to make comments dat suggest solutions not being negative al da time.



waitin for ur insults again o, shitheads