Youths Protest In Rukpoku, Rivers State As Police Officer Allegedly Shoots Tricycle Operator Dead
Youths in Rukpoku and Rumuodomayah communities in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State have occupied the street in protest following the killing of a commercial tricycle operator popularly known as Keke Marwa.
Eyewitnesses said trouble started on Thursday morning when a policeman around Rukpoku asked the Keke driver for ₦100 bribe which the driver could not provide.
The police officer was said to have fired a shot directly at the driver killing him on the spot.
The death of the tricycle operator provoked the youths and other members of the community who set bornfires on streets in protest.
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The protest in Rukpoku snowballed into a full-blown riot and spread to neighbouring Rumuodomaya community.
Another person has been reported shot dead following confrontations between the protesting youths and the police.
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The @PoliceNG has done it again! This is Rukpokwu Port Harcourt in Rivers State. If there is anything that will fasten a revolution in Nigeria, it is police brutality. #EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/53Ah18lqH0
— Towolawi Jamiu #EndSarsNow (@jharmo) December 10, 2020
The police at it again just this morning in port Harcourt RT until it goes round #LekkiMassacre #davido #Wizkid #MTVMAMA #EndSARS #EndSarsNow pic.twitter.com/2OIKWqhPvo
— Bob centt (@Bobcentt) December 10, 2020
Gunshot everywhere in Igweocha(Port Harcourt ) as people are running to safe their lives . #EndPoliceBrutality#EndSARS
Rukpokwu
Rivers state
Port Harcourt pic.twitter.com/sUBPg8d1Cp— Emeka Gift (@EmekaGift) December 10, 2020
#EndPoliceBrutality Protest again!!!! @PoliceNG in Rukpokwu Rivers State, kills a Keke driver because of N100 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ #EndSARS Protest Second WAVE
WIKE, we are disappointed in you . pic.twitter.com/nAt3pM51TI
— His Royal Highness (@Odafe_D) December 10, 2020
Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer Nnamdi Omoni who confirmed the incident to Channels Television said the report is still sketchy as at the time of this report.
Omoni said police are on ground to restore normalcy and promised to get back to our correspondent with full details on the incident.
