By Kingston Magare 28.4.2026
A group of plain clothes policemen in broad daylight and in full view of the public on Monday executed a suspect in Effurun, Delta State.
A video of the shooting trending on social media Tuesday showed the suspect tied hands and foot begging for his life and pledging to cooperate in their investigation for a crime which was not mentioned in the 90 seconds video.
But one of the plain clothes policemen first fired at his legs and then shot the Youngman point blank in the head. He died instantly and was loaded into a police van branded “Nigeria Police Force, Effurun Area Command, and driven away.
Meanwhile the officer involved in the shooting has been identified Usman Nuhu operating in the Effurun Area Command.
According to reports he was formerly attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS, formerly known as SARS), where he has faced multiple allegations of extrajudicial killings.
Usman Nuhu is currently in police custody according to reports.
The shooting death of the youth sparked an outrage as users reacting to the video posted by #Dee_9889, Nigerians condemned the lawless acts of the policemen.
@sowore: “Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force in the Effurun Area Command, Delta State, have murdered an unarmed suspect in cold blood.
“When did the police become the jury, the judge, and the executioner.”
@os_victry: “This Officer is going against the law and what he did here is a crime. He should be detained and jailed… Tunji Disu, you need to sanitise the NPF.”
@the_drterry: “Is this how life has become useless to us that police will be executing suspects even in broad daylight? All the police officers there must be prosecuted.”
