Bribe-seeking policemen kill 17-yr-old boy, Emma, set to run away on Sunday, leave another one injured

A 17-year-old boy, identified simply as Emma, has allegedly been shot dead by a group of bribe-seeking police officers in Benin City, Edo State.

It was gathered that the alleged shooting which occurred on Wednesday afternoon, July 13, also left a friend of the deceased with gunshot injury. 

According to a source, the police opened fir£ on them after Emma, who was billed to leave the country on Sunday, July 17, refused to give them money at a checkpoint.

He was reportedly shot on his stomach and he died on the spot. The bullet also h#t his friend who was in the car with him.