There was pandemonium in Onitsha on Wednesday at the River Niger Head Bridge, after a policeman allegedly shot a trader over argument resulting from payment of N5,000 bribe.
Though the allegation could not be immediately verified, sources said the man was pushing pharmaceutical products in a wheelbarrow to a motor park in attempt to waybill them to a customer when the incident happened.
The shooting caused traders to block the road in protest, leading to a huge traffic gridlock, while the policeman who carried out the act was said to have quickly disappeared.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Nnanna Oji Ama, has visited the scene and addressed aggrieved traders.
He said the incident arose from a confrontation during an attempted arrest, stating that the immediate priority of the command was to ensure that the victim’s recover fully.
The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Tochukwu
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