A policeman, attached to the Adamawa State Police Command, Corporal Richard Japheth, has been dismissed.
Corporal Japheth was dismissed for allegedly shooting to death a 20-year-old tricyclist, Arabo Dauda, for failing to give him N100 toll pass in Maiha Local Government of the state.
The incident happened on 1 Jue 2020.
WuzupNigeria reports that Corporal Japheth was arrested and taken to the State CID Yola, where a discreet investigation was carried out and he was indicted.
After he was indicted for committing the crime, the Adamawa police command dismissed Japheth from service to face the law.
“Yes, Richard Japheth has been dismissed from service. He’s currently in detention and will be charged to court for culpable homicide,” the Police Public Relations Officer [PPRO] in the state, DSP Suleiman Nguroje said.
“The policeman was dismissed on June 16 and the commissioner of police gave the approval.”
If established, culpable homicide is punishable with a death sentence.
