A Lagos based businessman identified as Sam
Belonwu Dim pictured above left, was killed by a
drunk police sergeant on Sunday, December 27, at
Uruagu Nnewi, three days to his own wedding.
According to a report by Sunday Sun , the deceased
had gone for a wedding of one of his In-laws when
he encountered the drunk police officer who killed
him. Father of the deceased, Chief Lazarus Dim
while narrating what transpired said his son had
reluctantly agreed to attend the wedding of an
inlaw. Sam had received a call from a friend of his
identified as Eloka who convinced him to attend the
wedding.
Reluctantly, Sam attended the traditional wedding
with one of his friend, Sunday Oguego. On arrival at
the ceremony, Eloka received him and Oguego and
as Sam was about to sit down under a canopy set
up outside for guests, a mobile police sergeant just
pointed his gun at Sam and shot him. The bullet
went through his heart and exited from the back. At
the sound of the gunshot, everybody scampered for
safety, including Eloka, who invited Sam to the
event.
It was Oguego who summoned the courage and
began shouting for help when Sam slumped. As the
bullet exited through Sam’s back, it hurt another
person, who miraculously survived, and was said to
have responded to treatment in a hospital. Till date,
no one knows the reason why the police sergeant
shot at the deceased.
Chief Dim is demanding the Nigeria police to
launch a full scale investigation into the matter and
fish out the sergeant that shot his son. He lamented
the way police and other security agents were
allowed to carry guns freely at ceremonies.
He charged the Inspector General of Police to look
into this anomaly, querying: “Why should the
number of police escorts at many events be more
than the number of invited guests?” Since the tragic
incident happened, the Sam’s would-be-bride has
been inconsolable. At the family home of her late
groom, she has been speechless and downcast.
Source; Lindaikejisblog
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