ABU 1st class graduate shot dead by policeman in girlfriend 'fight'

Aminu tried to defend his girlfriend from a policeman who was assaulting her. Unfortunately, the policeman turned on him and shot him dead before fleeing the scene: A thirty-one-year old first class graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Moses Murtala Aminu, has been shot dead by a trigger- happy policeman identified as Alex Okpe, in Kaduna.Crystal Rainbow's P.I gathered from a Vanguard report » quoting eyewitnesses that the late Aminu met his untimely death on Sunday while challenging a police constable who was beating up his girlfriend at a party venue in Barnawa area of the state. According to the report, Okpe brought out his gun and fatally shot the deceased. The policeman reportedly fired further shots into the air and fled the scene on his motorcycle. who also beat up his lover. But the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Femi Adenaike, said Okpe has been arrested by by officers from the Barnawa Police Division. “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,” Adenaike was reportedly said. The police chief however said Okpe confessed to the killing but claims to have shot the deceased in self defence. He said late Aminu and his friends had attempted to fight him over the girl. Adenaike said Okpe, who was not on duty at the time of the killing, will be tried and dismissed if found guilty. There have been many similar cases of unlawful police killings in Nigeria in the recent past.