Photo: Police Sergeant shoots husband-to-be 72 hours to wedding in Anambra

Photo: Police Sergeant shoots husband-to-be 72
hours to wedding in Anambra
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A Lagos based businessman identified as Sam
Belonwu Dim pictured left, was killed by a
drunk police sergeant on Sunday, December 27, at
Uruagu Nnewi, three days to his own wedding.
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According to a report by Sunday Sun, the deceased
had gone for a wedding of one of his In-laws when he
encountered the drunk police officer who killed him.
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Father of the deceased, Chief Lazarus Dim while
narrating what transpired said his son had reluctantly
agreed to attend the wedding of an inlaw. Sam had
received a call from a friend of his identified as Eloka
who convinced him to attend the wedding.
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Reluctantly, Sam attended the traditional wedding
with one of his friend, Sunday Oguego. On arrival at
the ceremony, Eloka received him and Oguego and as
Sam was about to sit down under a canopy set up
outside for guests, a mobile police sergeant just
pointed his gun at Sam and shot him.
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The bullet went
through his heart and exited from the back. At the
sound of the gunshot, everybody scampered for
safety, including Eloka, who invited Sam to the event.
It was Oguego who summoned the courage and
began shouting for help when Sam slumped. As the
bullet exited through Sam’s back, it hurt another
person, who miraculously survived, and was said to
have responded to treatment in a hospital. Till date,
no one knows the reason why the police sergeant
shot at the deceased.
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Chief Dim is demanding the Nigeria police to launch
a full scale investigation into the matter and fish out
the sergeant that shot his son. He lamented the way
police and other security agents were allowed to
carry guns freely at ceremonies.
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He charged the Inspector General of Police to look
into this anomaly, querying: “Why should the number
of police escorts at many events be more than the
number of invited guests?” Since the tragic incident
happened, the Sam’s would-be-bride has been
inconsolable. At the family home of her late groom,
she has been speechless and downcast