A commercial motorcycle rider has been fatally shot by police in
Ebonyi state because of his refusal to pay N50 bribe in Ebonyi state.
The okada rider, reportedly in his 20s, was shot and killed on
Wednesday night by a policeman attached to Anti Kidnap squad, AK of
Ebonyi State police command along Water Works road, Abakaliki.
The state governor David Umahi has ordered for the immediate arrest
of the policeman responsible for the death. The Governor who spoke
through his Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Uzor described the incident
as barbaric and callous and expressed confidence that justice will be
done.
Umuahi warned that his administration will not tolerate any form of
killing of innocent citizens or extrajudicial killing by the security
agencies and ordered the Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Titus
Lamorde to arrest the trigger-happy policeman who shot at the Okada man,
while other members of his team, who were present during the
confrontation that led to the fatal shooting, should be made to feel the
full force of the law.
Governor Umahi expressed his sincere condolences to the family of the
deceased and promised to visit the family when full information
concerning his family is made available. He called on the public to
remain calm and not resort to taking laws into their hands.
