UK Returnee Shot Dead By Policeman In Abuja

A UK returnee identified as Anita Akapson, was reportedly shot dead by a policeman during a confrontation near her home in Abuja on Saturday.

According to Twitter user @ihekauche, the UK Returnee was shot during a stop and search at Maitama area of Abuja. It was further gathered that her aunt is Nenadi Usman,  Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance.

Read the tweets below;

And that’s how the police killed a good friend of mine last night in abuja @segalink please I thought this killings will stop, she didn’t deserve this

The police shot her at a check Point in maitama last night , her sister said they were dragging with her and she was trying to run when they shot at her and its killed her. This lady just returned to Nigeria recently having lived almost all her life in the uk and it’s not even been a year shr returned and she gets killed in her own country by our own security personels. what kind of a country is this

Thank you so much. For now all we know is that she was shot at a “stop& search” by the police at the stop, they had a little drag and she was trying to leave when he shot her, this was at maitama abuja. It’s been reported according to the family but no feedback nw till tomorrow.

Dragging wasn’t like physically,she was driving and on getting there they had a verbal confrontation, she is not the kind of person to break the law. So her running away was cause she felt threatened

The police shot her at a check Point in maitama last night , her sister said they were dragging with her and she was trying to run when they shot at her and its killed her.  Yes the family has reported the issue, It happened in maitama last night,her name Anita akapson,I dnt know the name or details of office yet and i will send as soon as I get it,but please he must be reprimanded

One of her family member is ‘Nenadi Usman’. Her aunty is former Minister of State for Finance.