A 30-year old first class graduate of Economics from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Moses Murtala Aminu, has been shot dead by a policeman.
The victim had left his 67, Ahmadu Ahijo Street, Narayi-Highcost family residence last week Sunday full of life for a party at Barnawa , Kaduna, but could not return home as he was killed by a police constable.
According to PM News, his friend and eyewitness told said
this morning, that the police constable identified as Alex Okpe was beating up his girlfriend outside the venue of the party and when Murtala tried to intervene, he got angry and pulled out his gun from his jeans trousers and fired straight into his heart.
According to an eyewitness who spoke under anonymity, after Murtala was shod dead, the police constable then fired again in the air twice to scare the people around and escaped on his motorcycle.
Moses Andrew, a friend who was with Muri, as he was popularly called, at the Time Out Lounge party venue in Barnawa, narrated that there was pandemonium after Muri was shot and Okpe, the policeman, had escaped .
“We were confused while trying to revive Muri, when a guy informed us that he knows a friend to Okpe’s girlfriend that had left the party for a club called X-One at Barnawa,” Andrew said.
According to him, they quickly moved to X-One and fortunately met her there.
“We picked the lady who identified the policeman who killed Muri as Alex Okpe, and that he serves at Kakuri Police Station but deployed to guard Nigerian Brewries Plc.,” Andrew added.
The killer policeman was later tracked down and arrested by officers from Barnawa Police Division after the case was reported there.
Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Femi Adenaike, who confirmed the incident, said it was true Alex Okpe was arrested and during interrogation confessed to have killed Murtala Aminu at a party venue.
Adenaike said Okpe claimed in his statement that he fired at Muri in “self defence” when he and his friends were trying fight him over his girlfriend.
He said the police didn’t send Okpe to Barnawa at that time and if he is found guilty, he would be dismissed and taken to court for trial.
“The suspect is in the cell and we have commenced investigation. And if he is found guilty, we will give him an in-house trial and summary dismissal so that he can face the law for homicide,” the state police boss said.
Adenaike urged the family of the deceased to remain calm as the police are doing everything possible to investigate the case and ensure justice is done.
The blind father of the late Muritala, Mohammed Jimoh, told journalists at press conference at their High-Cost residence that as a Muslim he’s taught to accept the death of his son and bread winner as an act of God.
But he said if his son had to die, it should not be in the hands of a policeman who should have been responsible for protecting him.
“Yes my son , a first class economist for that matter and our hope, is dead, but I want justice done in this case,” Aminu said.
Until Murtala Aminu’s death, he was the youth leader, Catholic Holy Family Church, Barnawa.
He also owned a shawamar and roasted fish outlet at Narayi-Highcost.

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jeez.. What is this country turning into? See the type of people they gave guns to protect us... Seriously that policeman needs to be ALUU sharperly there.

Another promising talent wasted by a trigger-happy good-for-nothing and god-forsaken policeman.A good samaritan now ends-up dead because of a stupid policeman.Why do we have too many trigger-happy policemen?I think there is need to re-orientate or reform the Police Force.RIP Muri and may God grant your family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.

Good a thing he is arrested! Buh seriously, d fear of NPF is d begining of wisdom! (Live no get duplicate)

so pathetic so pathetic

Police are indeed our friends

That's my street(Ahmadu Ahijo Street, Narayi-Highcost ) when i was still in Kaduna...... RIP to the dead.

I wonder why some hoes be having more than one bf and causing problems...
Now the awesome guy is gone and the lady will move to marry and fulfil her destiny...

Shout out to all hoes who sleeps with more than a guy at once... And keeps more than one guy, you have no right to call you p*ssies private parts. They are public properties and belongs to the federal re[b]public[/b] of Nigeria.

RIP to the dead.
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And to the police force, I'd rather you change from this certificate grades ish and concentrate of subjecting applicants and those in uniforms to psychological tests. I'm sure it will pay you guys more.

Thanks.

mascot87: I have learnt my lessons a long time ago not to interven in what does not concern me while I was in the university.I was seriously beaten by some guys when I was in year one for intervening in girls thinz @ a show just because I cared Even though I have grown so much balls since that incidence happened,I will never interven in any fight no matter who is involved,one could loss his or her life for doing that or could be disabled.R.I.P to the first class graduate

you are pathetic. your comment reeks of everything that is wring with this country which is not being able to face/resist any wrong act by our people/leaders.
be rest assured when you are in trouble, no one will come to your rescue and for your info, trouble will find you no matter how you cower like a cockroach.

Police is your friend ? Not in our coountry called Nigeria.
RIP to the poor guy

Most of these police men are bunch of Nitwits...
Anyways RIP to the dead

Mr Constable will get the rope, Baby girl will find a new boyfriend but its over for the poor brother...

Police....hired to kill those they are supposed to protect and protect those they should kill

mascot87:

Lol at your comment,anyway what I can just tell you is that all curses directed towards me by anyone, group of people from anywhere will find its way back to them and there loved ones in Jesus name. So shall it be,it is so and it is irreversible.No matter where they are, if they are up, they will surely come down and if they are down, they will go down the more.They will never see peace and joy will not see the light of the day in there life.They will stretch to get and will never get, they will weep and not be comforted.I have no evil plans or thought about anyone or group if people but everyone saying any negative thing into my life will forever remain doom in Jesus name.There is no peace for the wicked and till dead they will never find peace.They shall find the trouble they wish others and they would not be liberated from it for life. My prayer will see the light of the day in Jesus name I pray. Amen

This man must be a prayer warrior.

The Great Gatsby

Raymondenyi: Good a thing he is arrested! Buh seriously, d fear of NPF is d begining of wisdom! (Live no get duplicate)

But what if you don't know that the person you are dealing with is a policeman? Obviously, the victim didn't know he was a police probably because he went there in mufti. I suspect he must have rudely intervened though that's not enough reason for him to be shot. I remember when some useless police in mufti wanted to arrest me for an unjustifiable reason, I was still arguing with them but when one of them brought out his pistol, omo, I sharperly cooperated with them. Who wan die of accidental discharge. May his soul RIP.

Wow!!.. "Self defence"?. Seriously, self defence is the silly excuse the psychotic and demented fucktardious police could come up with?. Why can't this idiota be shot already? . I don't blame the retarrd, I blame the absurd system by which this inept and demented sycophants with no qualifications/certificates nor the knowledge about the ethics of safeguarding the lives of the citizenry. What insolence!!. This aint news, all this shitt happens daily, it's a matter of the particular homicide by the men in black being reported in the dailies.

Look at how the life of a young man full of ambitions has been cut short by this basttard devoid of human emotions. Smh

careytommy:

you are pathetic. your comment reeks of everything that is wring with this country which is not being able to face/resist any wrong act by our people/leaders.
be rest assured when you are in trouble, no one will come to your rescue and for your info, trouble will find you no matter how you cower like a cockroach.

I don't blame him, he's right though. He's just telling you the typical tale of peeps tryna help during fights in nigeria. most times, one get roped in, in the fracas. I've a friend who was stabbed thrice for trying to seperate a fight. Personally, I view this kinda situations very well before trying to "help" lest I loose my life trying to be a good samaritan