How Correctional Officers Killed An Escaping Convict To Start Wuse Market Unrest – Police

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has clarified the circumstances leading to the civil unrest at the Wuse market on Tuesday.

The FCT Police Commissioner, Benneth Igwe who led a team of operatives to the scene, narrated through a statement on Tuesday, how a convict’s attempt to escape snowballed into chaos and unrest in the Wuse area.

The statement signed by the spokesperson of the command, Josephine Ade, disclosed that the situation started when one Ibrahim Yahaya, 27, was apprehended by operatives of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) Task Force.

He was subsequently taken before a mobile court which sits every Tuesday in Wuse Market, and he was convicted.

“Suspect alongside others were being conveyed to the prison, when he reportedly jumped from the vehicle and took to his heels in an attempt to escape.

“Two armed corrections personnel who were in the vehicle went after him and in the process, shot him.

“The said Ibrahim Yahaya was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors on the ground confirmed him dead,” the police revealed.

The command further noted that the development led some irate mobs who witnessed the situation to set ablaze eight vehicles and 10 shops in the environment.

“The whole fire situation erupted uproar from residents but was brought under control by the combined effort of Federal fire service and other security agencies present,” the police said.

The FCT CP further assured residents to go about their lawful businesses without fear as “normalcy has since been restored” and investigation is ongoing.