How PoliceNG Officers Killed My Brother At Football Viewing Centre, Locked Up Eyewitnesses—Sister | Sahara Reporters
A woman, Veronica Samuel has narrated the horrible experience her family has had with the police in Abuja since the accidental shooting of her brother by some officers. Veronica said her brother, Emmanuel Samuel, had gone to a viewing center to watch a football match and upon returning, saw officers with cocked guns. It was gathered that the officers sought to arrest someone at the centre.The deceased was said to have warned the officers to desist from such to avoid accidental discharge.
I don't even know how to start my life now. "Emma was very friendly with kids and adults, now we want to go and bury him but the police have refused to release his corpse. Every day we are paying N1,500. I need justice from the government, they should help us and release Emma's corpse. We want justice."Also speaking, Veronica said, “I am the elder sister of Emmanuel Samuel who died on the 19th of July.
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