A newspaper vendor in Abuja, Ifeanyi Okereke was
shot dead by a police officer attached to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi
Gbajabiamila. (Punch)
Okereke was shot dead hours after his wife gave
birth to a baby on Thursday.
A police officer attached to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila
reportedly shot a newspapers vendor in the head
on Thursday, November 19, 2020.
The incident was said to have occurred at the
Federal Secretariat, Abuja, around 3 pm.
According to Punch, the victim, whose name was
given as Ifeanyi Okereke died shortly after he was
rushed to the National Hospital by his brother and
some police officers.
The newspaper reports that the shooting incident
happened when Okereke and other street vendors
flocked around the convoy of the Speaker, who
called them to give them money.
Speaking in a telephone interview with Punch, the
Chairman of the Newspapers Vendors Association
in FCT, Etim Eteng , said Okereke, whose wife gave
birth to a baby on Thursday morning died at the
National Hospital shortly after he was shot.
Eteng said, “ The speaker called to give vendors
money and the security aide just shot him (Okereke)
in the head. He was rushed to the National Hospital
where he died some hours later.”
One of the vendors, Abdullahi Seidu said, the yet-
to-be-identified security aide could not explain why
he shot Okereke when Gbajabiamila confronted him
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi
Gbajabiamila (Lawyard)
“ The vendors and other hawkers usually run after
VIPs and lawmakers whenever they see them. In
fact, they can identify the big men by their vehicles.
So, the vendors flocked around the speaker’s convoy
and he gave them some money but a gunshot just
went off.
“The bullet hit Ifeanyi in the head and he fell down.
The officer who fired the gun said he wanted to fire
in the air, ” Seidu said.
Confirming the incident, Dr Tayo Haastrup , the
spokesperson of the National Hospital said,
Okereke died of gunshot injuries.
Haastrup said, “ He died of gunshot injuries and
would be moved from the Trauma Centre to the
mortuary shortly.”
However, the Speaker is yet to comment on the
incident.
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