Kester E.
Police in Lagos state have arrested a police officer suspected of shooting a lawyer dead in the state’s Aja district on Christmas Day, December 25.
The deceased Raheem, her sister and four children were reportedly driving out of the restaurant around 11 a.m. when police officers tried to stop them. The deceased says she was about to turn under the Aja Bridge when officers shot her car. The bullet reportedly hit the victim directly, who was immediately taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
A Twitter user raised the alarm on Twitter after the unfortunate incident happened.
Reacting to the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, described the incident as unfortunate and avoidable and stated that the officer who is an Assistant Supretendient of Police and two others have been arrested in connection with the incident
