Pictured above are the four children(12, 9,7 and 11 months old) of
Mrs Idongesit Ekpo, the wife of a tricycle rider who was allegedly shot
dead by a trigger happy police officer Aremu Musesiu while he attempted
to extort bribe from the tricycle rider, Godwin Ekpo at the Obalagbe bus
stop in Isheri Osun in Lagos state last week. More photos after the
cut…
Godwin was returning home from church with his wife, their 11 month
old baby Elijah and their other three children when they were flagged
down by a group of police men attached to the Isheri Ogun Police
Division in Lagos.
Narrating what happened, the deceased woman’s 9 year old daughter said
“When we were coming back from church, as
we were going police stopped our daddy. Our daddy stopped and parked his
Marwa(tricyle) in one place. As my daddy came outside to discuss with
the police, my mummy also came out to discuss with the police. After
they finished discussing, they tried entering the motor. My daddy first
entered the Marwa. As my mummy now want to enter the marwa. the police
shot my mummy in her head. The bullet now entered her head and came out
and affect my daddy. They carried my daddy to general hospital. After
blood now start rushing from my mummy’s head. My mummy fell on the floor
with the baby. One man now came and carried the baby from my mummy”she
said
Meanwhile the late woman’s family are demanding for justice. Godwin
Ekpo, husband of the deceased pictured with the bandage wrapped around
his face.
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