A Police Corporal, Ali Christopher, whose bullets discharge accidentally killed two nursing mothers on 27 June, 2015, at a funeral in Fugar town, the administrative headquarters of Etsako Central local government area of Edo State, has been dismissed from the Force.
DSP Stephen Onwochei, confirmed this:
“That person has been tried in Orderly room, he is a corporal, and as I speak with you he has been dismissed. Hopefully by next week he shall appear in court.”
It would be recalled that the dismissed policeman allegedly gunned down two nursing mothers at a funeral in Ivhiokhile quarters in Fugar. One of the bullets narrowly missed a two-month-old baby who was strapped to the back of its mother before hitting the mother on her neck. The victim who was identified as Sandra Imhaku, reportedly lost her husband last year while expecting the baby. She was said to have been rushed to Irrua Specialist Hospital, Irrua, where she died the following day.
The second victim simply identified as Mrs. Saliu, an indigene of Fugar, came from Warri, Delta State with her husband to attend the funeral of her in-law, one late Mr. Itu Joseph when the incident occurred.