Lagos Police Officer Fatally Shoots Colleague In Dispute Over Used Phone

Lagos Police Officer Fatally Shoots Colleague In Dispute Over Used Phone

Reports indicate that a suspect attempted to shoot Vincent during a heated argument over a second-hand phone but accidentally fatally wounded Gabriel Audu instead. Audu was later pronounced dead at the hospital……. CONTINUE READING

According to the police report, on the evening of August 8, 2024, at approximately 10:22 p.m., the Control Room received notification about an incident involving a police officer from SPU Base 10 Sokoto, assigned to Barrister Wale Fapohunda. The officer, identified as Corporal Umar Lawal (F/No 510570), had shot and killed Gabriel Audu, who was also affiliated with the same lawyer.

The police team promptly responded and went to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), where they apprehended Corporal Lawal and recovered the AK47 rifle used in the shooting.

Lawal confessed to the crime, explaining that he intended to shoot Vincent, also known as Dogman, with whom he had argued over the purchase of a used phone. Tragically, the bullet struck Audu in the chest. Audu was taken to LUTH General Hospital in Idiaraba, where he was declared dead.

The body was photographed and has been placed in the hospital morgue for an autopsy.

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