The policeman was said to have insisted on the balance of N50 which the deceased driver said he could not part with as he walked towards his vehicle.
Angered by driver’s refusal , the policeman reportedly cocked and fired at the driver, killing him instantly, while the conductor sustained a fracture in the leg from the shot which killed the driver and was hospitalized.
Confirming the incident, the Niger State Police Command Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, said the affected policeman has been arrested and detained adding that the Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu Abubakar has ordered an investigation.
He added that the commissioner urged the members of the public, especially commercial drivers not to take law into their hands stating that justice would be done in the case.
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