Police kill prison warder in Yenagoa

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Tragedy struck in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Sunday evening when an Inspector with the Nigeria Prisons Service, Mr. Erezidor Ugo was allegedly killed by a policeman during a scuffle.

The incident, according to an eyewitness, occurred opposite Wisdom Estate, along Nikton Road in the Kpansia suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa.

The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the deceased was shot in his house while entertaining two of his colleagues, who came to felicitate with him for buying a new car.

A police patrol team, led by the Divisional Police Officer of Ekeki Division, Mr. Nemi Iwoh, was said to have arrived the area in response to a distress call from the area, which reported gunshots being fired in the vicinity.

The police team was said to have noticed one of the prison warders with a gun and tried to disarm him. But he allegedly refused to hand over the gun and in the ensuing scuffle, it went off and killed Ugo.

However, the wife of the deceased, Mrs. Binafegha Ugo claimed that she and their six-year-old daughter saw the police shoot the prison inspector dead.

Ugo, who was said to have been shot in the abdomen, was immediately rushed to the Glory Land Hospital, Ovom, where he died.

When NAN visited the hospital, the body of the deceased was found covered on a hospital bed, while his relations and friends wailed.

The Police Public Relations Officer for Bayelsa Command, ASP Eguavoen Emokpai, confirmed the incident, saying all parties involved in the incident, including the DPO and a prison warder, had been arrested.

NAN reports that the family of the deceased at about 7p.m retrieved the corpse from the hospital and placed it at the entrance of the headquarters of the state police command, demanding for justice.



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