‘Cop killed ex-minister’s daughter for refusing to open car door’

Fresh facts have emerged on the circumstances surrounding the killing in Abuja of Anita Akapson, said to be the daughter of a former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman.

It was learnt that the 31-year-old, who was shot in her 2007 Honda Accord car, allegedly refused to alight when directed by the policeman who killed her on October 13.

After demobilising the car by firing at the tyres, the Superintendent of Police, who shot her, was said to have asked Akapson to come out of the car but she reportedly refused, fearing that she might be harmed.

Sources close to the investigation informed The PUNCH correspondent on Tuesday that the cop insisted that Akapson should step out of her car, but she refused to budge.

The PUNCH, October 24, 2018

 

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