Pandemonium broke out Friday at the Orile side of Second Rainbow along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway as a trigger-happy policeman killed a commercial bus driver.
According to an eyewitness report, the policeman whose identityis yet to be ascertained, shot the bus driver for refusing to drop the daily amount they usually give policemen, as they (commercial bus drivers) ply that route.
This is coming barely a month after a police Corporal, Museliu Aremu, shot at a tricyclist, Sunday Ebong and killed his wife, Comfort Idongiset at the Ijegun area of the state for refusing to part with N100 bribe.
It was gathered that the policeman, attached to Orile Police Station, had attempted to shoot the tyre of the bus as the driver made to escape, but the shot killed the driver instead.
THISDAY gathered that the bullet hit the driver on his chest, killing him instantly, while his conductor escaped unhurt.
Expectedly, this infuriated other bus drivers and they staged a protest, forcing the policemen to flee to their station to reinforce.
However, the rampaging bus drivers were having none of that, thus forcing the policemen to shoot into the air to disperse the crowd.
Other commuters who witnessed the sporadic gunshots took to social media to warn potential road users to keep off the route.
All efforts to get the command's spokesman, DSP Joseph Offor, reaction proved abortive as he did not respond to calls to his phone.
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