By Gabriel Enogholase & Alemma Aliu
BENIN—A mourner, Osakpamwan Agbons, was reportedly killed by a policeman during a clash between the Police and some people escorting a corpse to a funeral venue in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
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It was gathered that the mourners, who were driving behind the hearse conveying a corpse from a mortuary to a funeral ground in Useh quarters, shot sporadically into the air.
An eyewitness said on getting to TV Road in Oliha quarters of the city, they met a Police team, “and a clash ensued.”
The eyewitness added that the victim, Agbons, was shot by the Police in self-defence as those in the funeral convoy allegedly shot at him in an effort to disarm him.
One Osama Maldona was reportedly arrested and helping in the investigation.
Confirming the incident, the Edo State…
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