A father of one, identified as Onyebuchi Anele, has passed away after he was allegedly sh%t with a t£argas canister by a policeman in Abuja.

It was gathered that he the tragic incident occurred on Wednesday, May 22, while Anele was returning from work.

Narrating what transpired, an eyewitness who spoke with Leadership said: “The deceased, while on his way home, hit an okada man and his passenger and after stopping and making sure the accident victims were okay, decided to head home in the Haj Estate when policemen arrived the scene.”

The eyewitness further explained that trouble started when the policemen, who arrived the scene, decided that the deceased must follow them to their station even after the okada man and his passenger had left the scene to go.

The ensuing altercation trigg£red quarrel, which led to the policeman shøõting the teargas canister into the eye of the deceased at a close range.

The witness explained that the church members of the deceased and his neighbours in the estate came out and took the deceased to Kubwa General Hospital after which, he was referred to National Hospital, where he eventually di£d around 8:am on Thursday.

A video of Anele’s family praying for him as bløød gushed out of his face has since gone viral online.

He sadly passed a few hours after the video was captured.