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#ENDSARS protest turn bloody, one officer killed, lady mouth blown(Video)
#ENDSARS protest happening nationwide has turned bloody.
OnyxNews Nigeria reports that a video has surfaced online of a lady who got her mouth bored after a police officer allegedly shot her in the mouth in the Opebi area of Lagos on Thursday, 8th October.
The graphic video which was shared online by a Twitter user @abba_kamselem, filmed the lady in the pool of her own blood while groaning in pains at the site of the incident at Salvation bus stop, Opebi, Lagos.
This lady was shot on the mouth at salvation bust stop opebi road by a mobile police officer pic.twitter.com/f3NkKpU4rB
— IBRAHIM STANDARD (@abba_kamselem) October 8, 2020
The spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Muyiwa Adejobi, revealed that the said police officer is not of the state police command but works in Lagos.
Adejobi said the officer is the boyfriend of the victim and that preliminary investigations suggest that the officer fired a shot at her while they had a disagreement.
He added that police operatives had visited the hospital where the lady is being treated and will give more information when she has been stabilized and interrogated.
Adejobi added that efforts are already underway to apprehend the erring police.
#EndSARS protesters kill policeman, injure another, steal AK47 rifle in Delta
The #EndSARS protest in Ughelli Delta State on Thursday ended in tragedy, with the killing of a policeman by protesters and the injuring of another.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu in a statement Friday morning identified the murdered cop as Inspector Etaga Stanley.
His injured counterpart was named as Sergeant Patrick Okuone. The two victims of protesters were all attached to ‘A’ Division in Ughelli.
Also protesters destroyed a number of police vehicles and stole an AK 47, with 25 rounds of ammunition.
Adamu condemned the attacks as unprovoked, cruel and unwarranted.
He warned that the police “will no longer tolerate any attack” on their men or any member of the law enforcement community by any individual or group protesting under any guise.
Adamu acknowledged the rights of citizens to protest as legitimate means for airing their concerns and views.
“It must however be carried out with all sense of responsibility and within the confines of the law”, he said..
He condoled with the family and friends of the Corporal Etaga Stanley.
He also commended the officers of the Delta State Police Command for exercising restraint in the face of the unjustified provocation
He has also directed the Commissioner of Police, Delta State to carry out a discrete investigation into the attacks and bring the killer protesters to justice.
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