FCT police arrest corrections officer for shooting fleeing convict
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said it has arrested an officer of the correctional service identified as Usman Magaji, for shooting one Ibrahim Yahaya, at the Wuse Market in Abuja, on Tuesday, resulting in an outrage in which angry mob burnt shops in the market.
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this is a statement on Tuesday.
PUNCH Online earlier reported that a section of the popular market after an angry mob and agrrieved traders set the market ablaze, after the victim tried to escape, following a convict