Delta State Officer Kills Restrained Suspect, Arrested

A police officer in Nigeria's Delta State shot and killed a restrained suspect during an arrest operation in Effurun on April 26, 2026, prompting the immediate arrest of the officer and widespread public condemnation.

The incident involved 28-year-old Mene Ogidi, who police said was apprehended at the Benin Motor Park along the Warri-Sapele Expressway while attempting to transport a parcel containing a Beretta pistol and four rounds of ammunition. Operatives from the Effurun Area Command, acting on intelligence from the public and a transport union, deployed to take him into custody. However, Assistant Superintendent of Police Nuhu Usman, who led the team and was dressed in civilian clothes, discharged his firearm at the bound suspect, resulting in his death. A viral video captured Ogidi sitting on the ground with his hands tied behind his back, pleading for his life and offering to lead officers to an accomplice's house in Sapele. Officers then loaded his body into a police vehicle and left the scene.

Delta State Police Public Relations Officer SP Bright Edafe described the shooting as an inexplicable extrajudicial killing that violated Force Order 237 and standard operating...