A protest has emitted in the Omagwa community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State following the extra-judicial killing of a youth by a police officer.
The incident happened when the policeman attached to the Omagwa Division of the Rivers State Police Command, shot and killed Chikuma Egbule, a native of the local area.
This ignited instant protests in the community which is likewise a host community for the Port Harcourt International Airport.
The dissenters at first carried the body of the killed youth to the Omagwa Divisional Police station where they planned to deposit it. They, were, notwithstanding, opposed and repulsed by the policemen on the ground. They then impeded the road in protest, causing gridlock on the bustling expressway which prompts the airport, and Owerri in Imo state.
At the point when reached the representative for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said that the trigger-happy cop had been captured while the body of the deceased had been deposited at the mortuary.
“The command is aware, and the CP is on top of the situation. Normalcy has now been restored, and adequate security is present on the ground to prevent any breach of peace,” she said in a WhatsApp message.
“The corpse has been deposited at the mortuary while the police officers have been detained while an investigation is currently ongoing.”
