A protest has erupted within the Omagwa neighborhood, Ikwerre Native Authorities Space of Rivers State following the extra-judicial killing of a youth by a police officer.
The incident occurred when the policeman connected to the Omagwa Division of the Rivers State Police Command, shot and killed Chikuma Egbule, a local of the neighborhood.
This sparked instantaneous protests locally which can also be a bunch neighborhood for the Port Harcourt Worldwide Airport.
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The protesters initially carried the physique of the slain youth to the Omagwa Divisional Police station the place they supposed to deposit it. They, have been, nonetheless, resisted and repelled by the policemen on the bottom. They then blocked the highway in protest, inflicting gridlock on the busy freeway which results in the airport, and Owerri in Imo state.
When contacted the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, stated that the trigger-happy cop had been arrested whereas the physique of the deceased had been deposited on the morgue.
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“The command is conscious, and the CP is on prime of the state of affairs. Normalcy has now been restored, and ample safety is current on the bottom to forestall any breach of peace,” she stated in a WhatsApp message.
“The corpse has been deposited on the morgue whereas the law enforcement officials have been detained whereas an investigation is ongoing.”
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