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By Modupe Shodeinde
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a policeman who allegedly shot dead a commercial tricycle driver over refusal to pay N100 bribe.
The incident which happened on Thursday at Rukpoku area of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers States, caused a riot, with the angry youths demanding that the culprit be released to them.
The mob blocked the Rukpoku axis of the Port Harcourt International Airport and reportedly attempted to burn down the Rumuokoro Police Divisional Office.
However, swift reinforcements of policemen in the affected area quelled the protest and dispersed the crowd.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, Nnamdi Omoni, a Superintendent of Police, pleaded for calm to allow justice 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.”
