Christopher Oji
A Liverpool FC fan was yesterday shot dead by operatives of Anti Cultism unit of the Lagos State Police Command.
The boy was shot dead on Olu Aboderin Street, Onipetesi, while he was watching the just concluded Liverpool FC match.
According to a witness, Emenike, the police officers had come to the area to arrest a man, known in the area as Rasta.
Emenike said the officers, after making the arrest, started shooting into the air only for one of the bullets to hit the boy.
He said the victim was rushed to the General Hospital in Ikeja, where he was confirmed dead.
There were rumours that the killers were from the State Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), but a police source at the command headquarters, Ikeja, revealed that it was a detective attached to the anti-cultism unit who fired the shot.
Two weeks ago, a police sergeant attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Panti, Yaba, shot dead a young school girl at the Ikorodu area of the State.