By Prince Wiro
Youth of Omagwa community,Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State in their numbers on February 9,2025 barricaded the Federal road in protest of shooting and killing of one Bright Egbule,a native of the community by a Police Officer attached to the Omagwa Police Division on Saturday night.
The protesting youth who carried placards with different inscriptions, ‘We need Justice’, ‘Enough of these Killings’ etc first matched to the Omagwa Police Station and kept the corpse of the deceased infront of the station,chanting solidarity songs.
The Youth barricaded the Police Station and the Federal road for hours before intervention by well meaning individuals and the Police Authority in the state who pleaded that justice will be done.
The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command,SP Grace Iringe Koko has confirmed the incident in an enquiry by our reporter.
SP Koko stated that the Rivers State Police command is aware of the incident and the Commissioner of Police,CP Olugbenga Adepoju is on top of the situation.
SP Koko said ” Normalcy has now been restored, and adequate security is present on the ground to prevent any breach of peace.
“The corpse has been deposited at the morgue while the police officer who allegedly shot the man dead has been detained while investigation ongoing”.