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, IgbereTV reports.
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 fire 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 hit his friend who was in the car with him.
