Youths Protest In Rivers As Police Officer Allegedly Shoots Tricycle Operator Dead

Youths in Obio Akpor local government of rivers state are protesting over the killing of a commercial tricycle operator popularly known as Keke Maruwa by a police officer.

Eyewitnesses said trouble started this morning when a policeman around Rukpoku asked the Keke driver for 100 naira 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.

Another person has been reported shot dead following confrontations between the protesting youths and the police.

While confirming the incident, rivers state police public relations officer Nnamdi Omoni, said the report is still sketchy as at the time of this report.

Omoni said police are on ground to restore normalcy.