“Two armed corrections personnel who were in the vehicle went after him and, in the process, shot him.”
Following the report of civil unrest at Wuse Market today, 12/03/2024, at about 3:30 PM, the Commissioner of Police FCT Command, CP Benneth Igweh psc, mni, personally led a team of Police operatives to the scene, assessed the situation, and swiftly restored order.
Preliminary investigation revealed that one Ibrahim Yahaya, ‘27 years’ was apprehended by operatives of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) Task Force and was taken before a mobile court which sits every Tuesday in Wuse Market, and he was convicted. The suspect, alongside others, was being conveyed to the prison when he reportedly jumped from the vehicle and took to his heels in an attempt to escape. Two armed corrections personnel who were in the vehicle went after him and, in the process, shot him. The said Ibrahim Yahaya was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors on ground confirmed him dead.
The development led some irate mobs who witnessed the situation to set ablaze eight (8) vehicles and ten (10) shops in the environment. The whole fire situation erupted uproar from residents but was brought under control by combined effort of the Federal Fire Service and other security agencies present.
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