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Panic As Trigger-Happy Police Officer Kills Five, Injures Four In Enugu
“Five others, whose injuries were critical, have been confirmed dead by doctors on duty and deposited in the mortuary for autopsy.”
The residents of Enugu, the Enugu State capital, were on Sunday thrown into panic as a Police Inspector attached to Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 9, started shooting sporadically, leaving five people dead and four others with gunshot injuries.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the police officer took his loaded gun and started to shoot people at Golf Estate in Enugu metropolis.
The tragic incident was confirmed by the Enugu State Police Command in a statement on Sunday.
According to the statement issued by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, the police officer had been arrested and taken into custody pending the conclusion of an investigation.
The statement read, “The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu, has ordered the deputy commissioner of police in-charge of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to carry out thorough investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident.
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“The incident involved a police inspector attached to the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 9, Umuahia, Abia, and said to be on duty at a lottery company located within the Golf Estate.
“The commissioner, who made the order after visiting the hospital where four of the persons said to have sustained gunshot injuries are receiving treatment.
“Five others, whose injuries were critical, have been confirmed dead by doctors on duty and deposited in the mortuary for autopsy,” the police spokesperson stated.
Ndukwe further noted that the Enugu State Commissioner of Police had directed the swift conclusion of the investigation of the incident to aid further necessary actions by the police authorities.
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