‘It Was Not Intentional’- Policeman Detained For Killing Asaba Trader Says

The policeman, Ebri Ubi, arrested in connection with the killing of a trader, Onyeka Emmanuel Ibe, in Asaba, the Delta state capital on Wednesday, April 5, has said that it was never his intention to shoot or even k!ll the deceased.

Ikechukwu Kelvin Okorie had reported that a riot broke out in the capital city after Ibe who recently got married was shot deåd at a checkpoint in Anwai-Ugbolu road, near Asaba by the policeman.

Late Ibe was said to be on his way to work when he was stopped by policemen at a checkpoint along the Ugbolu-Asaba Highway.

According to his colleagues, he refused to offer a N100 bribe which angered one of the policemen who shot him in the head, k!ll!ng him on the spot.

Angry youths had stormed the police headquarters with his corpse, demanding justice.

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A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed that the police officer accused of k!lling the deceased had been arrested.

While giving his account of what transpired, Ebri said; “I heard a voice from about 10 to 15km, saying, ‘hold him, hold him’. Before I could turn, the young man raised his left hand to my rifle and said ‘I will k!ll you. Before I could drag it from him, my belt entered the trigger then it fired. It was not intentional or deliberate to k!ll him.”he said.