It was learnt that the incident happened in Azare town of Bauchi State. Various social media users claimed that footage was recorded on Monday afternoon but the officers involved have not yet been identified.
A viral video has revealed a moment when a team of police officers opened fire on an #EndBadGovernance protester in Bauchi State.
It was learnt that the incident happened in Azare town of Bauchi State. Various social media users claimed that footage was recorded on Monday afternoon but the officers involved have not yet been identified.
Shortly after, the policeman standing beside a white Toyota Hilux van belonging to the security operatives, moved closer. After hitting him twice, the officer pointed his rifle directly at the victim and immediately pulled the trigger. The crowd at the scene yelled as the policeman walked away without looking back.
Checks on the video showed that it recently went viral by Nigerian netizens in front of Katagum Local Government secretariat, where policemen and some protesters using the Russian flag clashed.
A resident of Azare, who spoke anonymously told Daily Trust that the deceased was one of the thugs arrested by the police, but this claim could not be independently verified as the police authorities have yet to issue an official statement on the incident.
The Bauchi State government on Monday also imposed a 24-hour curfew in the Katagum Local Government Area of the state following the violence that trailed the #EndBadGovernance protests.
Demonstrators on Monday set parts of the local government secretariat on fire, destroyed vehicles, and vandalised the home of former Deputy Governor Baba Tela, looting properties in the process.
The unrest spread through several streets of Azare town in Katagum LGA.
Amnesty International had earlier condemned the use of lethal force against protesters.
In a statement, the human rights group said, “Our findings, so far, show that security personnel at the locations where lives were lost deliberately used tactics designed to kill while dealing with gatherings of people protesting hunger and deep poverty.”
But Muyiwa Adejobi, Force spokesman, had said while there were some instances of killings during the protest, none was by the police.
Following widespread killings in Kano at the weekend, Amnesty International asked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to establish a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the fatal shooting of protesters.
The agency said at least 10 protesters were fatally shot in Kurna and Kofar Nasarawa of Kano.
President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, also warned the Police and other security forces to stop what he described as a “massacre” of protesters.