: Policeman Kills Fuel Attendant

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The lockdown imposed on #AbiaState as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus has claimed its first victim, as a fuel attendant was shot dead by a policeman on enforcement operation at #Aba. . . The victim, simply identified as Chibuisi, was working at the Green Mark Energy filling station located along New #Umuahia road in the commercial city of Aba when he was killed on Sunday, April 5. . . It was gathered that the young man was gunned down while trying to intercede for a customer who was accosted by a police enforcement team ostensibly for violating the lockdown order. . . Chibuisi was said to have been shot in the waist with the bullet piercing his pelvic bone horizontally and died on getting to the hospital. . . The state command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed that the police has launched investigation to unravel the circumstances that led to the fatal shooting. . . . The trigger happy police officer was identified as Mr. Stanley Asu, an Inspector and leader of the team from Ohuru Isimiri police station, on patrol to enforce the lockdown.