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By Musa Tanimu Nasidi.
The widow of a livestock seller that was allegedly shot dead by Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Ganaja, Lokoja Kogi State, Malama Talatu Ibrahim has cried out that security operatives killed her husband while he was carrying out his legitimate business.
A police officer allegedly shot and killed 45-year-old Ibrahim Ali Nbaba at his Ganaja livestock market, Lokoja on Tuesday.
According to an eye witness, Alhaji Umar Baba, the suspected SARS operative was said to have knocked down a little girl with his motorcycle.
“It happened at the front of our shop when a motorcyclist knockdown a small girl. We all ran to the scene to rescue the SARS operative and the victim. As the policeman made to leave, we advised that he should take the girl for treatment but he insisted that he’ll not,” he said.
According to Baba, an argument ensued between the suspect and passerby, who abandoned his motorcycle. Unknown to them, he had phoned his colleagues who rushed to the scene.
“Immediately his colleagues arrived, the suspect who was on mufti, rushed to the vehicle and picked his AK47 Riffle. All efforts made by some of his colleagues to stop him proved abortive as he boasted that he must kill today. True to his words, he opened fire at close range and gunned down Ibrahim Ali who was standing by my side”
The killing of Ibrahim Ali triggered protests in Lokoja.
The deceased, according to Adamu Ibrahim, was a loving man who treated everybody with respect and concern.
Protesters in their hundreds marched to the police headquarters with the corpse, chanting war songs.
The State Deputy Commissioner of Police who addressed the protesters appealed to them to remain calm, while five people were delegated by the protestants to write statement as eye witnesses.
The state government, through the Special Adviser to Kogi State Governor on Security, Hon. Jerry Omadara appealed to the protesters to remain calm and assured them of government’s determination to bring the killer cop to justice.
This reporter was among the delegation to government house where the delegation was received by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Edward Onoja.
Expressing the Governor’s condolence to the delegation, Mr Onoja assured them that Governor Yahaya Bello will stand by the families of the deceased in seeing that justice is done.
“This administration will not fold it arms and allow innocent lives to be wasted by murderers. Definitely, the culprits will face justice”.
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