Trigger Happy Police Officer Who Shot Dead Two Nursing Mothers At Edo Burial Dismissed.

One of the victims, a nursing mother.

A Police Corporal, Ali Christopher, whose bullets discharge accidentally killed two nursing mothers on 27 June, 2015, at a funeral in Fugar town, Etsako Central local government area of Edo State, has been dismissed from the Force. An Orderly Room Trial set up by the State Command of Nigerian Police Force which found him guilty, recommended his dismissal and trial for murder. Corporal Ali Christopher with Force No. 444040 was until his dismissal, attached to the Auchi Area Commander’s office.

Edo State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Stephen Onwochei, confirmed the dismissal of the erring officer to journalists in Benin, adding that the case “has been thoroughly dealt with. Two police officers were arrested. At the end of investigations, one officer was found to be culpable.

“That person has been tried in Orderly room, he is a corporal, and as I speak with you he has been dismissed. Hopefully by next week he shall appear in court.”