A trigger-happy mobile policeman that reportedly shot dead a soldier in Delta State has been arrested days after committing the act.
The MOPOL was guarding an oil facility operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company in Odimodi community, in the Burutu Local Government Area of the state when he shot dead the soldier.
The incident occurred on Saturday during a misunderstanding between the two men.
A credible community source, who confirmed the incident, said he could not tell what led to the argument.
He noted that witnesses had seen the two security men engage in a fierce exchange of words.
Other members of the team were said to have gone on a patrol of oil facilities in the area at the time.
He said the argument was followed by multiple gunshots a few minutes later.
The source explained that the policeman, after killing the victim, shot continuously into the air to scare away residents before absconding with the victim’s rifle.
It was gathered that operatives of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, later sent some of its men to remove the corpse from the scene.
