JusticeForEmmanuel: Police officer allegedly m*rders a 26-year-old man in his house in Akwa Ibom .

JusticeForEmmanuel: Police officer allegedly m*rders a 26-year-old man in his house in Akwa Ibom

A family is demanding for justice after a 26-year-old man, Emmanuel Ukpong Dickson, was shot d*ead by a police officer in Eket, Akwa Ibom State.

The victim was allegedly k*lled by the officer in their family compound at Idua Eket on Sunday, October 10. According to report, Emmanuel had gone for a ceremony alongside his traditional performance group and briefly returned home to pick up some items when he was sh*t in the head by the police officer identified as Anwana Jacob, attached to the Eket division.

Speaking with journalists on Friday, October 15, his sister Princess Nelly Dickson, explained that she was at a salon when her mother called to inform her about the de*th of her brother. According to her, the police are claiming the incident was caused by an “acc*dental discharge” from their rifle but she insists the officer intentionally sh*t her brother.

“Emma was coming back from the opening of a mourning house in the village on Sunday, where my parents were also. As he was about to enter our compound, a police vehicle arrived and they started shouting at him. So he ran to my aunt’s place, the policemen went after him and sh*t my brother. Now they are telling me it was an accidental discharge, that they did not know that the g*n was not on security,” Ms Dickson told PREMIUM TIMES.

Speaking further with Sahara Reporters, she said, “The young man that was sh*t was the breadwinner of the family; he was working with a company. He was a trained and seasoned welder. Well, the Nigeria Police have tried, the Investigating Police Officer is trying but I want to see my brother’s corpse, we want to bury him,” she added.

Meanwhile, a youth group in Eket, Ekid Youths Union, has petitioned the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Amiengheme Andrew, over the k*lling and demanding justice.