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Police allegedly kill 400-L student during stop and search in Benue
… Police begins investigation
A 400 Level student of Kwararafa University Wukari, Taraba State, identified as Ahenjir Emmanuella, has allegedly been shot dead by a trigger- happy police officer during a stop-and-search operation in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident took place at about 11am of Friday, May 16, 2025, around Wurukum roundabout, Makurdi.
It was gathered that police personnel from the Benue State command were on a routine stop and search operation when one of the officers suddenly opened fire on a commercial vehicle conveying passengers resulting to her death.
A friend of the late Emmanuella, Igbor Iorbo, told newsmen in Makurdi that Emmanuella was returning to school in Wukari when she was killed.
Iorbo narrated that in the early hours of Friday, officers of the Nigeria Police from “E” Division shot and killed her friend.
She demanded an immediate investigation into the brutal killing of the innocent lady saying “We are not asking for much, only justice. The officers responsible must be identified and handed over to the state command for immediate and transparent investigation.
“Lives must not continue to be lost at the hands of those who swore to protect us. This must end now”.
Meanwhile, the Benue State tate command said it has commenced investigation into the death of Emmanuella Ahenjir
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP. Emenari Ifeanyi, in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, CSP Catherine Anene, said the culprit will be fished out and justice would be served.
The statement read, “On 16/5/2025 at about 4am a radio message was received from a police team deployed at Duku park, Wurukum that the team flagged down a vehicle coming from Benue Links area but the driver turned back, drove through the opposite lane shooting sporadically at them but they responded with a shot but the driver drove away.
“The police were on the trail of the vehicle until about 10am this morning when information was received that a lady named Emmanuella Ahenjir, student of Federal University, Wukari, Taraba state had died at Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), from a gunshot.
“Upon arrival at the hospital,
the detectives were briefed about the deceased and corpse deposited at the hospital morgue for autopsy.
“One Apase Keghter, who was also an occupant of the vehicle, was seen at the hospital and invited for questioning.
“Mr. Apase stated that they had gone for club activities at Newcastle Event Centre and were on their way back when they drove on the opposite lane and passed the check point without stoping but did not shoot.
“They were shot by the police but they drove to Welfare Quarters with the victim. They stopped when they noticed a flat tyre and called a commercial vehicle that took them to the hospital. His belongings, the exhibit car and other occupants of the said vehicle were nowhere to be found at the moment.”
Anene said CP. Emenari Ifeanyi has ordered a detailed investigation into the case assuring friends and family of the deceased of his commitment to unravel the truth and ensure that the rule of law prevails.
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