Commercial operations and vehicular movement were halted for many hours on Wednesday as protesters from the Ekiugbo community barricaded highways in the Ughelli metropolis over alleged misbehaviour by police and local security agents in Delta State's Ughelli North LGA.
The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions such as 'Police brutality is getting too much,' 'Police in Ughelli are fighting the innocents instead of criminals,' 'Too many police illegal activities in the land,' and 'Ughelli Police should allow our people free movement,' among others.
They accused a portion of the police and hunters assigned to the Ughelli Area command of suspected kidnapping.
While speaking with journalists, the President General of the Ekiugbo community, Bernard Baker, said: “We are protesting because of the evil being penetrated by hunters and a few policemen.
“Lots of kidnappings have been going on in our communities. But the police are just there to terrorise and extort people as they move about with battle axes, and PoS machines to transfer money from suspects. It is surprising to see police officers with battle axes.
“We came to know that the hunters are the masterminds of kidnapping in Ughelli. Anytime there is an issue of kidnapping, the hunters will not come because they are hiding the kidnappers."
However, Bright Edafe, the State Police Public Relations Officer, called the demonstration a farce. He claimed that the people organising the protest were criminals intended to mislead the public.
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