A Nigerian Police officer on Thursday reportedly shot a tricycle rider dead on the Mgbuchi-Rukpokwuodu, Rukpokwu, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State over a N100 bribe.
The tricycle rider identified as 'School Boy' was shot dead at about 6 am while the other two sustained injuries. According to the report, this is following a violent protest in the community.
AllNews gathered that the incident led to a protest in which angry youths clashed with the Police after identifying the tricyclist to be a very known person within the community.
Few minutes after the news of the death of “School Boy” broke with videos on social media, there were protests from commercial tricycle operators who were joined by angry youths and residents.
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According to sources, immediately the police team found out that ”School Boy” was shot dead and his tricycle plunged into the gutter, they fled the scene of the incident to avoid a reprisal attack from angry passers-by who witnessed the incident.
The angry protesters blocked the Airport road, and major adjoining roads leading to the Port Harcourt International Airport causing heavy traffic with bonfires.
Protesters also tried to march to the Police Special Area Command in Rumuodomaya but were resisted by policemen who shot both teargas canisters and live bullets sporadically for several hours to ward them off.
In a video that went viral immediately after the incident, relations and sympathetic onlookers were seen weeping over the corpse of the late tricycle rider.
Nnamdi Omoni, spokesman of the Rivers State Police Command confirmed the incident, stating that the policeman who fired the shot that killed the tricycle rider had been arrested and demobilised.
As at the time of filing this report, shop owners in Rumuodomaya and Rukpokwu and those along Airport road hurriedly closed their shops, while commuters trekked long distances as vehicles were off the road.
Another sad news from Rukpokwu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A Police Officer shot a keke driver!
— Mazi Chuks 30billion OT (@BillionaireOti) December 10, 2020
When would this killings end?#EndSARS
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