Two prosecution witnesses in the on-going trial of the dismissed Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Pen Cinema Police Station, Agege, Lagos, Segun Fabunmi, accused of shooting some fuel subsidy protesters on January 9, 2012, yesterday, said the indicted officer allegedly snatched a gun from one of his colleagues to perpetrate the act.
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The witnesses, Adekunle Alabi and Alimi Abubakar, in their testimonies before Justice Olabisi Akinlade of an Ikeja High Court said the accused police officer shot at several people, including themselves on that fateful day.
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Led in evidence by Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, Mrs Olabisi Ogungbesan, the first witness, Abubakar, said he and some of the victims were reading newspapers when they were shot at by the officer.
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Fabunmi is being tried for the alleged murder of one Adedamola Daramola and for also inflicting grievous bodily harm on Abubakar and two other protesters, Egbujor Samuel and Chibuzo Udo, by shooting at them with his gun.