VIDEO: Trigger happy Nigerian policeman nearly gets lynched after shooting at okada rider in Lekki, Lagos

Okada riders were arguing with an unarmed mobile policeman off Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase I, Lagos, over attempt to foist another okada rider upon them, poet and author Kukogho Iruesiri Samson wrote on his blog, Wednesday.

My understanding is that they rejected the ‘his okada rider’ because he is not a registered member of whatever union they had.

While they argued, another mobile police officer fires a shot into the air – probably to scare off the crowd gathering around his colleague. He fired the shot without warning and obviously without knowing the reason for the gathering.

In the ensuing argument, the ‘shooter’ made attempts to shoot again, this time targeting one of the the okada riders.

But for the intervention of the colleague he seems to be defending, somebody might have ended up dead because the confrontation was real and heading towards violence.

Later on, he shamefacedly backed away – so did I fearing another trigger-happy moment.

This is another evidence of the fact that, in Nigeria, a cop can kill over a minor disagreement.

Police brutality is not new in Nigeria. A couple of months back, two policemen beat a car driver to stupor for “endangering” a policeman.

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