A trigger-happy policeman, Sunday night, shot dead two people at a birthday party organised by a businessman at a hotel in the Egbeda area of Lagos.
The drunken policeman was trying to offer a gun salute to the businessman when he misfired and killed two people while two others were injured.
A witness, John Okeke, said the incident occurred at La Silva Bar, Gowon Estate, Egbeda, in Alimosho, around 9 pm.
“We were celebrating at a birthday party of our friend, and as he was coming out to exchange pleasantries with some of his friends, the policeman who was drunk was trying to offer a gun salute to the man, Ifeanyi (aka Asiwaju) of Computer Village. While shooting, the bullet hit some people and two people died, while two others were injured. When the policeman saw the atrocity that he committed, he took it to his heels.
The gory video of the deceased went viral and a Twitter user, @themannaman, who shared gory videos of the incident, claimed that the policeman wanted to shoot into the air while guests were spraying money on the celebrant, but fired at them instead.
A police officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Commissioner of Police has declared a manhunt for the trigger-happy policeman. It was gathered that the policeman was not on duty, and the police boss is interested to know how a policeman who was off duty got the rifle he used that night.
It was learnt that two of the guests were arrested by policemen attached to Gowon Estate Division after the bar’s owner, Sylvanus Chukwukezie, made a complaint.
However, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said details of the incidents were still sketchy but assured that the command would not rest on its oars until everyone culpable is brought to justice.
