Policeman Shoots Motorist For Refusing To Tip Him

A motorist who refused to offer a payoff to a police officer attached to the Federal Highway Patrol is fighting for his life at the University Teaching Hospital, Ibadan after the officer shot him in anger.

A commercial bus driver, Umaru Bayi, rejected tipping a  policeman the miserable sum of N50, he was supposedly shot in the pelvic by the angry officer and left for dead.

According to the witness the quarrel was very short.

The unidentified policeman stopped the bus and supposedly demanded a N50 bribe from the driver, but the driver said he only had N1,000 notes.

The driver had also asked his passengers to help him with a N50 note to pay the payoff wanted, but none of the passengers had it.

After the useless search, the driver had proposed his N1,000 note to the police officer and asked for ‘change’.

But the policeman responded with fury, asking ‘should I be looking for change for you?’

Witnesses said the quarrel was very short and the police officer told the driver down from the bus. He then supposedly shot the driver in the pelvic area and run away.

Umaru Bayi was driving a commercial bus which departed from Jos in Plateau State Monday night, with a full set of passengers destined for Lagos. As they approached Lagos from Ibadan around 1 p.m. during their journey they were stopped by a policeman in a patrol van on the highway. The van was later recognized by its plate number, C NPF 6843.

The victim of the shooting incident is currently being operated upon at a hospital. His relatives report that he is in life-threatening condition.