The University of Nsukka was on Tuesday thrown into confusion and panic after a policeman shot dead a motorcyclist while trying to shoot into the air.
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An unidentified trigger-happy policeman, attached to the Nsukka Building Material Taskforce, has been reportedly beaten to coma by angry mob on Tuesday after he killed a motorcyclist at the beach junction of Nsukka, Enugu state, while trying to shoot into the air.
According to a witness who disclosed to Premium Times, the incident started when the taskforce numbering eight with four policemen were trying to compel a cement dealer to pay a fine for refusing to move to the building material to a permanent site.
He said further that when the policemen saw the number of people closing up on them, they began to shoot into the air to scare people away. One of the policemen, while trying to raise his riffle up, lost control and shot a motorcyclist who was just coming out from a nearby restaurant after eating.
The killing of the Okada man sparked a demonstration, with the people of the area pouncing on the policeman that shot the man and beat him to a coma before a team of policemen from Nsukka police station arrived the scene, scared off the crowd, evacuated the dead motorcyclist and the wounded policeman.
When contacted, the chairman of Nsukka LGA, Rose Onah, said she had heard what happened but was yet to be fully briefed on the incident.