Police admit operatives shot entertainer, give reason

Premium Times23 October 2026, 21:17 UTCNigeria

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that hundreds of angry youths, on Thursday, protested the killing of the entertainer, popularly known as Stone, allegedly by operatives of the Anti-Cultism Section of the police in Enugu State. The post Police admit operatives shot entertainer, give reason appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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