Benjamin Peters, the police officer who allegedly shot a youth corps member, Linda Igwetu, in Abuja on Wednesday morning, has been arrested by the Abuja state police command.
Reports reveal that detectives had commenced an investigation into the death of the 22-year-old, who was killed when the car she was riding with two of her colleagues failed to stop at a ‘stop and search’ point mounted by the police immediately after Ceddi Plaza, Central Business District, Abuja.
Linda, was meant to pass out on Thursday after her one-year national service in Abuja before her tragic death.
A source explained that the investigators would ascertain Peters’ claim that he heard a shout for help before firing the fatal shot that claimed Igwetu’s life.
It has also been revealed the police are probing why the driver of the car failed to stop after he was flagged down by the policemen.
Punch gathered that the investigators would interrogate the driver and the other occupant of the car to know what transpired during the breach of the police checkpoint.