BY LEVI JOHNSON
In the bid to douse the tension that surrounds the killing of a tricycle driver over N100 bribe by a policeman, the Rivers State Police Command has arrested the policeman.
TheCheer earlier reported that a policeman shot dead a commercial tricycle operator at Rukpoku area of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state over N100.
Before the policeman was arrested, the protesters had blocked the Rukpoku axis of the Port Harcourt International Airport and demanded the killer be released to them.
There were reports that the aggrieved youths plotted to avenge the death of the victim by burning with the police station of the killer policeman.
It was gathered that but for the heavy deployment of policemen to the affected area, there would have been a reprisal attack from the youths in the area.
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, Nnamdi Omoni had pleaded for peace, vowing to unravel the policeman that carried out this dastardly act.
His words: “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.”
