Police Officer Shoots Kwara Poly Final Year Student Dead Over Refusal To Give Bribe

A police officer shot and killed Ishola Abdulqoyum, a student at Kwara State Polytechnic, along Panat Road in Kwara State. The incident reportedly occurred when Abdulqoyum, an Electrical/Electronics Engineering student, was stopped while riding a commercial motorcycle.

According to his brother, Abdullahi Abdulqoyum, police officers demanded a bribe from Abdulqoyum after ordering him into their patrol vehicle. When he refused to pay, he attempted to leave the car but was chased and shot.

Abdullahi narrated to SaharaReporters: “He told me yesterday that he was going to get footwear for his sign-out. On his way back, he encountered the police, who accosted him and told him to get into their vehicle.

“They asked him for money, but he said he didn’t have any. While the police were attending to other people they had arrested, he stepped out of the vehicle. Before they chased him, they collected his phone and power bank, despite not finding anything incriminating on him. He said he hadn’t committed any offence, but they chased him and shot him on the spot.

Witnesses reported that he was shot in the hand and later succumbed to his injuries at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital after losing a significant amount of blood. Abdulqoyum has been buried according to Islamic rites.

In response to the shooting, Abdulqoyum’s family and friends protested at the Kwara State Police Command but were reportedly threatened by the police. The Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, said that authorities are investigating the incident.

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