Police Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Command, Nnamdi Omoni, has called for calm, over the killing of a tricycle driver at the Rukpoku axis of the State by a trigger-happy policeman. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Thursday, December 10, caused a riot in the area.
Promising that justice would be served, Omoni said: “I am aware of the incident at Rukpoku. One of our men killed a Keke ridder this morning. The policeman has been disarmed and he is detained now. “We have mobilised our men in the area to restore calm and contain a further breakdown of law and order.
“We are pleading for calm to allow us to bring him to justice. Two wrongs can never make a wrong. The Keke driver has died and the man who killed him must receive his punishment. “Killing a Policeman or burning down a station cannot bring him back to life or give him justice, instead it will deteriorate the situation.”
Africa Update gathered from sources, that the keke napep driver was reportedly gunned down over his refusal to give the policeman the N100 he requested. Protesters had taken to the streets to kick against the gruesome killing and it took the efforts of security operatives to return calm to the area.
