Policeman Shoots Ss3 Pupil Dead In Bayelsa

A policeman identified as Corporal David Napoleon has shot a teenager, Tomizibe Johnson, to death in Bayelsa State.


The incident reportedly occurred at 10pm on Thursday at Kpansia area of Yenagoe metropolis. Napoleon, attached to the Department of Operations at the state Police Command was said to have shot Dead Johnson, a Senior Secondary School student, over an alleged misunderstanding.

But another source claimed that the police officer killed the teenager in self-defense when he was allegedly rounded up by a group of cult members. Napoleon was said to have been disarmed and detained pending further investigation and trial. The killing of the boy said to be 13-years-old has however thrown the Kapansia community into chaos.

Indigenes and residents of the community had organized a protest march against alleged rising the cases of the illegal arrests and killing of youths in the area. Its was learnt that the quick intervention of the Caretaker chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Area, Mr. Oforjo Oboku, stopped the angry of residents from abducting a traffic warden over the killing of Johnson.

A police source claimed that the deceased was 18 years and that the incident occurred while the accused police officer was allegedly being chased by angry youths of the community and suspected cult members. The Chairman, IYC Central Zone, Mr. Tari Porri, said the killed student was 13 years.

After consulting with the police and family of the deceased boy, it is cleared that deceased was qw years old. He and the Killer policeman were neighbor's. "Eye witnesses said the policeman shot twice from the kitchen to scare away some suspected cultists trying to gain entry into his apartment.

When the policeman came out he saw that the boys were still around. "There was an argument and when one of the boys called others on the phone, the police man shot at knee level and the bullet hit the little boy n the thigh.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, Mr Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident.