Police in Lagos have sacked a sergeant Samuel Phillips whose stray bullet hit teenage girl Monsurat Ojuade and eventually killed her.
Lagos police spokesman Adekunle Ajisebutu announced the dismissal in a statement on Friday.
“The suspect will be charged to court for murder,” the spokesman noted, recalling the commissioner of police Hakeem Odumosu’s assurance of justice.
Mr Ajisebutu said Phillips’ fate was decided after an orderly room trial instituted over the killing of the 18-year-old girl.
The admission seeker passed away after she was hit by a bullet Phillips fired in a street within Ijesha on September 11.
He and other operatives attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, were on an operation to arrest a robbery suspect.
Mr Odumosu had revealed the policeman’s name during a condolence visit to the bereaved family three days after Monsurat’s death.
The commissioner was accompanied by members of the Lagos State Police Command management team and other senior officers.
