A policeman in Beji community in Niger state has murdered an 18-year-old secondary school leaver.
According to reports, the deceased Abdulkarim Labaran Mohammed was killed when policemen and members of the vigilante group were trying to save a suspected ritualist from mob action.
The suspected ritualist had reportedly touched another man who claimed that his manhood upon the touch thus raising an alarm.
Youth around immediately descended on the suspect and that concerned persons had alerted the police in Maikunkele Division, which dispatched its men to the scene.
On arrival at the market, the team of policemen and some vigilance members rescued the suspect, and were about to take him away but were stopped by the mob.
In the unrest already building up, one of the policemen tried to shoot into the air to stop the mob but a stray bullet hit the deceased who died instantly.
The incident triggered a protest by the youths who blocked the main access road which linked Minna with Zungeru.
Confirming the incident, State Police Command spokesman, DSP Muhammed Abubakar, said it was not certain whether one of their men was responsible for the death of Mohammed.
He said the remains of the deceased have been deposited at the mortuary of Federal Medical Centre Bida, while the man who claimed to have lost his manhood was also on admission for observation and treatment at the hospital.
