…cop, protester die as mob burns patrol van
Afeez Hanafi
Two residents and a policeman have been confirmed dead in a clash between Gwari people and some policemen in the Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State.
A trigger-happy policeman and some youths were said to have been detained for the bloody crisis.
PUNCH Metro learnt that trouble started around 5pm on Friday when a car conveying a newly-married couple returning from their wedding in Gwada, was flagged down by policemen at a checkpoint at Gulu Junction, Lapai.
An account of the incident stated that the trigger-happy policeman opened fire on the car after the driver refused to give him and his colleagues a bribe.
A resident, who gave his name only as Ismail, told our correspondent on the telephone that the bullet hit one of the occupants of the car, who died on the spot.
He said, “There was an argument between the Gwari…
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