Pictured above are the four children(12, 9,7 and 11 months old) of Mrs
Idongesit Ekpo, the wife of a tricycle rider who was allegedly shot dead
by a trigger happy police officer Aremu Musesiu while he attempted to
extort bribe from the tricycle rider, Godwin Ekpo at the Obalagbe bus
stop in Isheri Osun in Lagos state last week. More photos after the
cut...
Godwin was returning home from church with his wife, their 11 month old
baby Elijah and their other three children when they were flagged down
by a group of police men attached to the Isheri Ogun Police Division in
Lagos.
Narrating what happened, the deceased woman's 9 year old daughter said
"When we were coming back from church, as we were going police stopped
our daddy. Our daddy stopped and parked his Marwa(tricyle) in one place.
As my daddy came outside to discuss with the police, my mummy also came
out to discuss with the police. After they finished discussing, they
tried entering the motor. My daddy first entered the Marwa. As my mummy
now want to enter the marwa. the police shot my mummy in her head. The
bullet now entered her head and came out and affect my daddy. They
carried my daddy to general hospital. After blood now start rushing from
my mummy's head. My mummy fell on the floor with the baby. One man now
came and carried the baby from my mummy"she said
Meanwhile the late woman's family are demanding for justice.
Godwin Ekpo, husband of the deceased pictured with the bandage wrapped around his face
