Authorities say four drunk officers with Nigeria’s federal police force opened fire on a funeral service they were assigned to guard, killing at least three mourners.
The shooting took place this weekend in the village of Akoko in Nigeria’s Delta state. Delta state police spokesman Charles Muka said Monday that the officers opened fire for no reason after drinking heavily.
Muka said the four officers were being held pending the filing of criminal charges over the shooting.
Nigeria’s federal police remain incapable of stopping ethnic and religious violence sweeping the oil-rich nation. Critics say its officers instead shake down motorists for bribes and make sham arrests to demand bail money from families. Many officers serve as personal orderlies to the country’s elite.
Source: Yahoo News
Very sad to read this kind of news, bcos, police are to be watching over people, but now killiing, well, anybody that kills must be killed.
The Nigerian police needs orientation and overhauling.All the bad eggs among them should be sacked.
i think we need serious prayers.cos things re getting worst every day by day.only God will help us.
I think the best logic to do away with boko haram is to transfer all the police men back to their state of origin for them to save their state local gov’t . I hope it will minimized the rate of criminal in Nigeria