A five-year-old girl has been reportedly killed by his uncle, who is a police officer attached to the Imo State Police Command.
According to a popular On Air Personality, Oladotun Ojuolape Kayode, who raised the alarm on his verified Twitter page on Sunday, the trigger-happy police officer is yet to be named.
According to him, the officer was trying to shoot in the air to celebrate the New Year when he killed his five-year-old niece on Saturday.
His tweet reads; “Trigger happy policemen. Why must you shoot in the air to celebrate? It’s despicable. A likely drunken uncle shot his niece (5 years old) on the 31st night while trying to shoot in the air. They just came back, went to celebrate the new year at their dad’s. They lost him a year ago
“A mother that lost her husband a year ago, came to Nigeria with her 3 kids, and chose to celebrate at their Dad’s in the village to mark his remembrance but a policeman ruined it. He shot in the air. The bullet pierced the girl’s stomach. They didn’t even know until later. She died.
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“How do you explain to yourself or to anyone that you brought your child to Nigeria but you are not taking her back? The next question is “why”.
“Then you would say she was killed by a policeman by mistake or what? How does that even sound? You lost your child to a trigger-happy policeman on New Year’s Eve. So tragic.”
The OAP further urged the police force to do a “total overhaul” of its operatives.
“Kilode! These innocent killings by people that are meant to protect you, it’s very very appalling. A child with a bullet to the stomach. Very tragic” he added.
The Imo State Police Command is yet to confirm the incident or react to it as at the time of filing this report.