In a gruesome murder, Mr Onah was walking out of the restaurant when Corporal Igwanyi opened fire on him, blowing his skull open. His brains were subsequently splashed all over the area, prompting a spontaneous attack on the policemen by passers-by and other onlookers.
They descended on the police officer and stoned him to death as anger over the recent antics of policemen in the area boiled over. Residents of Nsukka in Anambra State have been grumbling over the activities of policemen and thugs attached to the state ministry of transport, who stop motorists for their particulars, only to end up extorting between N10,000 and N30,000 from them.
This latest police killing occurred when some policemen attached to a task force set up by the Nsukka Local Government Council, were trying to compel or force traders to relocate to the newly completed Building Materials Market on the outskirts of the Nsukka metropolis. When the task force members tried sealing building materials shops at the Beach Area, some members resisted, insisting that they had no reason to move to the new site as they were not affected by the local government by-law.
One of the traders was reportedly said to have told the task force members that he dealt on animal feeds, hence he was not affected by the directive. However, as the argument raged, other traders from a near-by small food materials market and other passers-by gathered to watch the development.
As the argument was degenerating, Corporal Ugwuanyi, who was said to have recently come to Nsukka on transfer, reportedly fired a shot from his assault rifle. The bullet hit the late commercial motorcycle rider, who was oblivious of what was going on and he died instantly.
Mr Onah, who was married and had six children, hailed from Ibagwa-Aka community in Igboeze South Local Government Area. He was alleged to have relocated from northeast Nigeria, having fled from the Boko Haram menace, to his home town, from where he travelled to Nsukka daily for his okada business.
As soon as the crowd noticed that he was dead, they descended on the armed policeman and began to stone him until he became unconscious. His colleagues were said to have managed to collect his gun as he was being stoned before running back to the Nsukka Divisional Police Headquarters for reinforcements.
By the time they returned, however, it was already too late as doctors at the near-by Bishop Shanahan Hospital could not revive him and promptly referred the patient to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla on the outskirts of Enugu metropolis. From there, he was rushed to the Park Lane Hospital, Enugu, where the policemen carrying him were told that there was no bed space before he finally gave up the ghost.
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