JUST IN: Police Officer Dismissed For Shooting Resident To Death

A police officer has been dismissed for shooting a resident to death.

EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Osun Police Command on Friday dismissed a police officer, Sgt. Adamu Garba, who shot and killed a man on a motorcycle in Osogbo, the state capital.

The police officer, EKOHOTBLOG reports, shot and killed Saheed Olabomi on July 27, 2021.

However, the Command, in a statement by the Osun Police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, announced that the officer was dismissed after an orderly room trial.

The statement read, “The general public will recall that on July 27, the Osun Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, immediately arrested and detained the Police officer that shot one Saheed Olabomi in Osogbo, for disciplinary action.

“As the CP promised, in the best tradition of transparency and accountability, that the outcome of the trial will be brought to the public.

“The Policeman, F/NO.467549 Sergeant Adamu Garba, has been tried in orderly room in line with the laid down Rules and Regulations of the Nigeria Police Disciplinary procedure.

“The erring officer has been found guilty of the offence and subsequently dismissed from the Force,” Opalola stated.

The police spokesperson further stated that the orderly room procedure has been forwarded to Police Force Headquarters in Abuja for necessary action towards prosecution, saying, “This, the CP believes will serve as deterrence to other Police officers.

“The Commissioner wishes to apprise the general public, most especially the good people of the state, that he will never condone any act of indiscipline and unprofessional conduct exhibited by any member of the Nigeria Police under his watch,” Opalola added.

EKOHOTBLOG reports that the police spokesperson, however, appealed to the general public to be law-abiding and be rest assured that justice will prevail.

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