- By Femi Alabi
The Federal Capital Territory FCT Police Command has confirmed that the inferno that occurred at Wuse Market yesterday was caused by a mob expressing their displeasure at the shooting of a man.
The Police in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, revealed that a suspect arrested by the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) was shot by a correctional officer after attempting to escape.
She said, “Preliminary investigation revealed that one Ibrahim Yahaya ‘27 years’ was apprehended by operatives of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) Task Force and was taken before a mobile court which sits every Tuesday in Wuse Market, and he was convicted.”
”Suspect alongside others were being conveyed to the prison, when he reportedly jumped from the vehicle and took to his heels in an attempt to escape.
“Two armed corrections personnel who were in the vehicle went after him and in the process, shot him.’
”The development led some irate mobs who witnessed the situation to set ablaze eight (8) vehicles and ten (10) shops in the environ,”.
The suspect Yahaya was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors on the ground confirmed him dead.
Adeh hinted that the correctional officer responsible for the shooting of Yahaya was in police custody and would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
”The FCT Police Command has arrested the Correctional officer by name Usman Ishaya Magaji ‘M’ the officer who shot the victim one Ibrahim Yahaya OF Gishiri Village MabuchiI. Suspect presently in police custody as Investigation is ongoing .”
She also noted that normalcy had been brought to the area as investigations were ongoing
“While normalcy has since been restored, and the investigation is still ongoing, the Commissioner of Police FCT, Benneth Igweh encourages residents to peacefully go about their lawful businesses without fear.”
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