A trigger-happy cop, Sergeant Aliyu Yusuf, has been arrested by the police over the death of 80-year-old Maryam ‘Yerbure’ Abdullahi, in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that the policeman shot Abdullahi dead while attempting to arrest a youth in Doubelli, a suburb in Jimeta-Yola, on Thursday night at 9:45 pm.
She was on Friday buried after the tragic incident, in accordance with Islamic rite.
Yusuf, who was on patrol alongside other policemen attached to the Doubelli police division, had accosted the young man believed to be related to the deceased at the entrance of their residence but was resisted by locals who demanded an explanation for his arrest.
During the ensuing argument, Sergeant Yusuf allegedly pulled the trigger to disperse the unruly crowds but instead gunned down the octogenarian while another victim, identified as Arfad, sustained gunshot wounds to the chest.
The state Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola, while mourning Maryam’s demise on Friday announced the arrest of the killer cop.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, made this known in a statement titled ” CP mourns late Maryam Abdullahi, arrest Sgt Aliyu Yusuf.”
The PPRO, while expressing the condolence of the CP to the family of the deceased, explained that the police commissioner has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of CID to take over investigation and ensure the law takes its course.