Corporal shoots father of three to death

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Prince Umar Manko, had ordered the immediate arrest of a police Corporal for shooting a father of three to death.
The trigger happy policeman, identified as Corporal Emejo Gabriel, attached to Shogule Police Station, allegedly killed Azeez Omotosho, 35, right in front of his home.
The killing of Omotosho, a father of three, with the last child still a baby, provoked anger among the youths in the area, who staged a protest to the station.
The angry youths allegedly attempted to set the police station ablaze but were repelled by policemen on duty.
The youths however refused to budge until they were told that the killer cop had been arrested, disarmed and taken to Area F, Ikeja, on the orders of the Commissioner of Police.
Sherifat Omotosho, wife of the deceased, a nursing mother, stared repeatedly into the space and asked: “Who will take care of my children now?
“The incident happened around 9pm.
“My husband saw policemen stop the car of his friend’s brother, Samson, in front of our house and he went to intervene.
“I told my husband not to intervene but he said he knew the policeman.
“My husband did not even switch off the engine of his vehicle.
“We all alighted and entered into our compound and suddenly we heard a gunshot.”
The gunshot compelled them to race outside the house again.
Sherifat added: “The policeman touched my husband who was on the floor.
“When he saw that my husband was still breathing, he shot him again.
“The remaining policemen fled while the killer held unto someone and wanted to frame the person.”
Aishat Omotosho, sister to the deceased, said that government should make sure that Omotosho’s corpse was released to enable them go for proper Muslim burial.
Aishat said: “This is not the first time policemen will be killing people and it has become too common.
“The government must stop.”