Following an unintentional discharge of stray shots from his gun that killed two youths in the state capital of Ado-Ekiti, a policeman in Ekiti State has been taken into custody at the state command.
Allnews.ng gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday night in the Omisanjana neighbourhood of Ado Ekiti, and caused chaos in the community.
The victims, who were among the area’s youths, died tragically when police were seeking to capture a suspected internet fraudster.
An anonymous source who spoke with Leadership said, “The fraudster had hit a bike man and the passenger while they were being pursued by the policemen who caused the accident. But the irate youths stopped them from arresting them. It was in that process the gun was shot and two people were killed.”
Another source said, “Trouble started when some youths accosted a ‘hit and run’ driver who knocked a commercial motorcyclist and a passenger, breaking the legs and arms of the victims in the process.
“The yet-to-be-identified driver put a call to the men of the Rapid Response Squad. One of them opened fire and hit two persons in the process. They were confirmed dead at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital.”