Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested the Special Anti Robbery Squad officer, who allegedly shot and killed an undergraduate of a polytechnic in Edo State, Joseph Eidonojie-Ugbeni.

The officer involved in the unprofessional act we gathered was nabbed on Friday.

It was reported that some SARS officers were chasing a suspected Internet fraudster, identified as Badoo, who had parked his car and fled upon sighting the officers at Ogoja Market, along LASU-Igando Road.

The SARS operatives were said to have started shooting sporadically and one of the bullets hit the victim who had gone to buy a drink with his cousin.

According to Punch, “he was arrested on Friday and taken in handcuffs to the place where the incident happened.

He said, “Badoo lives in that community and is popular; the SARS officers also know him. He was not their target that day. They had actually conducted a raid and arrested some people. They were leaving when they sighted him in his car. They called his name and he quickly abandoned his car and fled.

“He had just returned from the bank that day. Badoo had travelled to South Africa and had recently returned to the community.”

The victim’s father, Patrick Eidonojie-Ugbeni, had earlier demanded justice for the son.

He said, “The Badoo they were chasing showed up on Friday at the SARS office with his lawyer and parents. I met the Officer-in-Charge of SARS as well. They shot my son in the head and they claimed that he had a gun and that they shot him in self-defence. How is that possible when he was shot in the head from behind? All I want now is that the police should release the post-mortem result and the police report on the incident.”

 Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident but said the case had been transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.