Five people have been reportedly shot to death by a trigger-happy police officer attached to RC Lotto Company in Enugu.
The police officer, inspector, whose identity has not been revealed, also injured four people who are currently receiving treatment in hospital.
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who visited the injured victims at Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital Parklane, Enugu expressed shock over the incident.
The Governor, who was received at the hospital by Enugu Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu and the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Hyacinth Onah, condoled with families of the deceased.
This was contained in a statement signed by the state commissioner for information and strategy, Nnayelugo Chidi-Aro.
The Governor equally charged the hospital management to ensure the victims receive adequate medical attention.
Enugu Police Command, in a statement also by its Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed the police officer has been arrested and taken into custody pending the conclusion of investigation”.
The statement confirmed four of the persons said to have sustained gunshot injury are receiving treatment and five others whose injuries were critical, have been confirmed dead by doctors on duty and deposited in the mortuary for autopsy.
