A 19-year-old boy is now living with the fear of possibly losing his left leg after a trigger happy police officer allegedly shot at him for reportedly Impregnating a girl.
Doctors attending to him have said he needs three surgeries urgently lest he risks having the leg amputated.
The incident, sources say involving the boy, Ledisi Kote happened at his father’s compound on Friday morning in the K-dere community at Gokana Local Government Area.
The boy’s father narrated what transpired.
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He said: while he was in his compound in the community was in Gokana local government area of Rivers state on Friday morning around 7 AM, a Sienna drove in with about four armed policemen and headed straight to his son’s room door and started banging on the door.
“I asked them what crime my son committed but none of them answered me. After much persuasion, one of them told me that my son impregnated a girl
“Next thing I heard was a gunshot coming from his backyard. One of the officers shot my son on the leg simply because he impregnated a girl. They went away while he was bleeding profusely. I had to rush him to a private hospital”.
Keto’s family is now seeking for Justice and have taken their complaint to the Rivers Police Headquarters at Moscow Road.
Amongst other things, they desire to see officers responsible for allegedly shooting their son brought to book and compelled to take care of the medical bills resulting from the gunshot injuries.
