Policemen kill undergraduate while chasing Internet fraudster .

Tragedy struck at the Ogoja Market, LASU-Igando Road, Lagos State, after operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad shot dead an undergraduate of a polytechnic in Edo State, Eldanojie Joseph.The 20-year-old business administration student was said to be on a visit to his cousin, Friday Ojah, who lived on Alape Street, Iba Ojo, when he was hit by a stray bullet. . . Punch Metro learnt that the operatives were chasing a suspected Internet fraudster, identified as Badoo, who had parked his car and fled upon sighting the officers. The operatives were said to have started shooting sporadically.The Esan, Edo State indigene, who had reportedly gone out to buy a canned drink with his cousin, was hit by a stray bullet. . . He was said to have died on the spot. Punch was told that the officers took Joseph’s corpse, dumped it in the boot of the suspected fraudster’s car and drove off.The cousin, Ojah, told said on Thursday that the police, in order to cover up their misdeed, said Joseph was a cult member.He explained that Joseph had only arrived in Lagos about three weeks ago. . .
The corpse was taken to the SARS headquarters in Ikeja, from where it was taken to a morgue, the SARS team that conducted the operation alleged that the victim was a cult member and he had attempted to shoot at them when they fired back. . . “But it was all lies. He only had the canned drink we bought, a phone charger and a handset on him when the incident happened. The police lied to cover up their misdeed,” Ojah added.The policemen on the team that killed the victim were identified as Lucky, Oganla."