A 34-year-old football enthusiast, Emmanuel Samuel, has died after a policeman allegedly shot him at a relaxation spot in FCT Abuja. Emmanuel was said to have gone to the spot with his fiancée and friends to watch a football match on Sunday, July 11, when the incident happened.

PUNCH Metro learnt the victim was leaving the bar when the policeman shot him in the leg after he cautioned him against accidental discharge. His sister, Veronica Samuel, said a hospital in the area refused to attend to him without a police report. She added that her brother was taken to a police station to get the report, but the police threatened to handcuff him. Veronica said the victim died 8 days later.

Recounting the incident, she said, “My brother went to watch the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy with his fiancée and friends at the Emperor Garden in Saburi 1, Mopol Barracks. The police went to the place to arrest someone.

“He was leaving the place at that point in time when he saw one of the policemen cocking his gun and pointing it in his direction. His friends said he told the policeman to be mindful of the way he was pointing the gun to avert accidental discharge which could kill people at the spot. He was leaving when a shot was fired.

“The bullet hit him in his left lap from behind and came out in the front. Immediately, the police fled the scene. His fiancée and others took him to a hospital, but a police report was requested. They went to the police station in the area, but they refused to give a police report and threatened to handcuff my brother, who was in pain.

“Instead of giving us the report, they referred us to an ill-equipped hospital close to the station. They went with us there and said he was in their custody and he would be handcuffed there. We resisted that. When we discovered it was getting worse, we took him to the Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital, where he died on July 19. According to one of the doctors there, he could have been alive if he had better first aid. We went back to report his death at the station, but we were sent away. “

A spokesperson for the FCT police, ASP Mariam Yusuf, said the command was investigating the matter. He said, “We are appealing for more information from members of the public on the identity of the person who shot the deceased.”

https://punchng.com/abuja-policeman-guns-down-football-fan-for-warning-against-accidental-discharge/

Bathroom slippers get value pass human life under this Bubu govment. Smh.

May GOD save us from these Men In Black.
Justice must be served.
Your men shot an innocent person, and you still threaten to handcuff him? For what crime?

Nigeria is sure gone. A country without value for human life.

Bandits, terrorists, armed robbers, herdsmen, kidnappers, ritualists and even police now!?
Na wa o.
Now we can't even tell who is who again once they have that iron in their hands.

And this Police Report thing has to be reviewed because even the same police refused to give it.
Won't even this kind of case get frustrated in Nigeria Court?

This is why ESN is needed nationwide. Can that policeman try this nonsense in Imo?

Some Useless peepz in Nig Police are Goats.They should arrest the baztard behind diz and shot his ballz

Stale need but the world need to hear this

prof2007:
A 34-year-old football enthusiast, Emmanuel Samuel, has died after a policeman allegedly shot him at a relaxation spot in FCT Abuja. Emmanuel was said to have gone to the spot with his fiancée and friends to watch a football match on Sunday, July 11, when the incident happened.

PUNCH Metro learnt the victim was leaving the bar when the policeman shot him in the leg after he cautioned him against accidental discharge. His sister, Veronica Samuel, said a hospital in the area refused to attend to him without a police report. She added that her brother was taken to a police station to get the report, but the police threatened to handcuff him. Veronica said the victim died 8 days later.

Recounting the incident, she said, “My brother went to watch the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy with his fiancée and friends at the Emperor Garden in Saburi 1, Mopol Barracks. The police went to the place to arrest someone.

“He was leaving the place at that point in time when he saw one of the policemen cocking his gun and pointing it in his direction. His friends said he told the policeman to be mindful of the way he was pointing the gun to avert accidental discharge which could kill people at the spot. He was leaving when a shot was fired.

“The bullet hit him in his left lap from behind and came out in the front. Immediately, the police fled the scene. His fiancée and others took him to a hospital, but a police report was requested. They went to the police station in the area, but they refused to give a police report and threatened to handcuff my brother, who was in pain.

“Instead of giving us the report, they referred us to an ill-equipped hospital close to the station. They went with us there and said he was in their custody and he would be handcuffed there. We resisted that. When we discovered it was getting worse, we took him to the Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital, where he died on July 19. According to one of the doctors there, he could have been alive if he had better first aid. We went back to report his death at the station, but we were sent away. “

A spokesperson for the FCT police, ASP Mariam Yusuf, said the command was investigating the matter. He said, “We are appealing for more information from members of the public on the identity of the person who shot the deceased.”

SOURCE: https://punchng.com/abuja-policeman-guns-down-football-fan-for-warning-against-accidental-discharge/

Sue the shit outa the hospital!

Both the hospital and the police station must answer for this careless incident.

If you get the opportunity to commot this country and you didn't. .
You should be cursed..
Cuz a lot of people wish to leave this hellhole...

In future, Nigeria will ceased to be a country

What a wasted talent from an unprofessional useless cop

This life seff don tire me

Ghen Ghen

Another Bad News, This Early Morning

Y posting it this early morning na? You have succeeded in spoiling my mood already. I hate to read stories like this that show how helpless an average Nigerian is

Another unknown gunman/woman has just been unleashed against the police

I pity the victim and his relatives because, Like others before him, Justice will certainly not be served, so I expect the relatives of this person that's just been killed to become an UNKNOWN GUNMAN/WOMAN..

Instead of police to protest against their colleagues that are killing citizens, they'll be hiding and protecting the murderous police men amongst them..

Sad.. Just sad.

That shooting hungry police officer should be made to face the full wrath of the law, including the ones who threatened to handcuff him when they had gone to the police station for a report

And hasn't a law been passed to allow hospitals treat patients first without police report?

His country failed him.
The hospital failed him.
The people that are to protect him failed him.

The question, will the family get justice?
If yes, will that bring back a lost soul?

May we not walk on the day the road is hungry.

And he gets an accidental discharge for warning against it.

Saburi, close to Dei-Dei. Policemen in Abuja, especially Gwa-Gwa, karmo axis are bullet-hungry drunks

The police, especially thee Nigerian police is not and can't ever be your friend.
What impunity?

prof2007:

https://punchng.com/abuja-policeman-guns-down-football-fan-for-warning-against-accidental-discharge/

Gun down , na animal him be? haba haba
which kind country be this sef haba
Oga na which kind leader u be sefhaba haba!!!

Dude committed suicide

Walked up to caution a Nigerian Police man, holding a gun, in a bar!

That's a suicidal move.

Wahala

DoggoneDogg:
This is why ESN is needed nationwide. Can that policeman try this nonsense in Imo?

Imo when them done tame all the police there to butterfly

Rip to the guy.

The issue with police report has been resolved sometime ago.

Why is it not implemented?

In another news,

The world is winding down.

Come to Jesus and save yourself from what is coming.

Accept him as your Lord and saviour.

He promised to give life (after death) to those who believe in his name.

There is no salvation in any other.

Jesus is the only way to the father.

The worst dead ever is to pai from someone else stupidity, rip bro

Police is not your friend, I repeat police is not your friend.

A new wave of police brutality has started

Instead of losing lives unnecessarily over this police report. Why can't the policy be reviewed to "Hospital attend to the gunshot victim first and call the police themselves later before discharging the said victim"





Serious issues are never attended to in this country.
Only mundane things are always in national focus.

See why no reasonable person likes naija police. I wish boko and bandits kill them more often