Police dismisses Sergeant who killed 16-year-old boy in Imo [PHOTO]

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed the Sergeant, Wilson Ufere, who killed one 16-year-old Obinna Iwuoha, last week on the Anara-Umuahia expressway in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.
Ufere, had at about 5:30 pm on Thursday at ‘Ugwu Omiri Lawyer’, while on a road duty with two other colleagues, opened fire directly at a close range on a group of youths, mostly teenagers during a church procession.

One of the victims, 16-year-old Obinna, who was a secondary school one student, died instantly, while three others, 25-year-old Tochukwu Uzoukwu, Chukwuebuka Donatus, 24, and Chigozie Iwuala, 28, were battered by bullets and were unconscious for days.
The Police Spokesperson in the state, Andrew Enwerem, told reporters on Tuesday that the trigger-happy policeman had been found culpable and immediately dismissed from the force.
Enwerem added that the police would charge Ufere to court for murder immediately.
He said two other police officers who were with Ufere during the shooting spree were not found guilty of murder but would be punished internally according to the police force regulations.

He said, “The police officer has been dismissed from the force. He was found guilty of murder. He is no longer a police officer.
“We are going to arraign him in court for murder immediately. The other officers were not dismissed but will be punished internally according to the police regulations.”