Policeman kills first class graduate

Thirty-year-old first class graduate of Economics
from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Moses
Murtala Aminu was shot dead by a constable with
the Nigeria Police. Moses had on Sunday, left his
No. 67 Ahmadu Ahidjo Street, Narayi High Cost
family residence for a party in Barnawa, Kaduna
State.
According to his friend and eyewitness, the police
constable who was identified as Alex Okpe was
beating up Aminu’s girlfriend outside the party
venue when he tried to intervene. At that point,
the constable got angry, reached for his jeans
trousers, brought out his gun and fired, killing
Aminu on the spot. The constable also shot in the
air as he escaped on his motorcycle.
The killer policeman has been tracked down and
arrested by officers from the Barnawa Police
Division.
The incident has also been confirmed by Femi
Adenaike, the Kaduna State Commissioner of
Police and he said that it was true Alex Okpe was
arrested and he confessed to the killing on
interrogation. He said that Okpe claimed that he
fired in ‘self-defence’ when Moses and his friends
were trying to fight him over his girlfriend.
According to the Police, Okpe was not even sent
to Barnawa as at that time and he will be tried
and dismissed if found guilty.
“The suspect is in the cell and we have
commenced investigation. And if he is found
guilty, we will give him an in-house trial and
summary dismissal so that he can face the law
for homicide,”the police boss said.