Minna Unrest: Immigration Officer Shot Amid Police-Hoodlums Confrontation

A conflict between police officers and criminals over alleged stolen goods in Minna, Niger State, resulted in the shooting and injuries of Christian Oladimeji, an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI).
In a post on his official 𝕏 Twitter on Saturday, security analyst Zagazola Makama stated that the event happened on Friday at approximately 12:30 p.m.
Reports state that ASP Ibrahim Audu Paiko and his Surveillance Patrol Team from the “A” Division Police Command in Minna were on a routine patrol close to the Obasanjo Complex when they noticed a group of road construction workers carrying iron rods that they believed to be stolen.

When the workers saw the cops, they left the items behind and ran away. Other road construction workers and thugs, however, attacked the police as they were trying to retrieve the abandoned things and threw stones and other objects at them.

Unintentional shooting and damage to a police car
Also damaged in the attack was the police’s Dangote Patrol Vehicle. ASI Christian Oladimeji was unintentionally hit by a bullet that ASP Ibrahim Audu fired in an effort to scatter the crowd while he was on a motorcycle.

“She fell from the motorcycle and suffered further injuries after the bullet struck her in the lap,” the report said.

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Medical staff at the IBB Specialist Hospital in Minna verified that Oladimeji had a fractured waist but that no gunshot bits were still within her body after she was taken there right away.

The cops involved in the incident have been subject to disciplinary actions, and authorities have detained a number of individuals for interrogation.