Policeman shoots at church procession in Imo, kills teenager

by Dolapo Adelana

A seventeen year old boy, Obinna Iwuoha has been shot dead in Imo state.

According to The Nation. the teenager was shot on Thursday evening when a police sergeant, Wilson Ufere, opened fire on a group of teenagers embarking on a church procession.

The incident left five others with severe gunshot wounds in the incident.

Angered by the incident, youths of Okohia community, Isiala Mbano local government area of the state, burnt down one of the police stations in the area.

Eyewitnesses said the unfortunate incident occured when the car of the teenagers had a flat tyre at “Ukwu Omiri lawyer,” a few poles away from where some policemen mounted a roadblock for routine stop and search duty.

The youths from Emmanuel Healing Power Ministry were ordered by one of the police officers to move the car from the police, but they informed him that there was no way they could move the vehicle with the flat tyre.

This led to an argument between one of the policemen and the driver, who was slapped thrice by the police officer.

As the argument wet one, Sergeant Ufere, who was not involved in the altercation, emerged from nowhere, opening fire on the youths and killed the victim.

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