A policeman attached to the convoy of Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has allegedly shot dead a newspaper vendor named Elechi Emmanuel at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja, Sahara Reporters reports.
The victim was seen gasping for breath and unconscious in a video obtained by newsmen while one of his colleagues tried desperately to revive him immediately after the shooting.
It was gathered that newspaper vendors upon sighting the Speaker’s convoy gathered to hail him but the overzealous security detail opened fire on them, killing Emmanuel in the process.
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A source confirmed to newsmen that the victim was rushed to the National Hospital where he was confirmed dead.
The media aide to the Speaker, Lanre Lasisi, did not respond to calls and a text message from our correspondent as at the time of this report.
The incident comes weeks after Nigerian youth took to the streets across the country to demand an end to police brutality and extrajudicial killings especially by operatives of the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit of the Nigeria Police Force.
Watch the video below:
VIDEO: Security Detail Of Abuja ‘Big Man’ Shoots Newspaper Vendor Around Eagle Square
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