Trigger happy Policeman was on illegal duty; faces murder charge, dismissal from Police – CP
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State Police, Joseph Mukan, has said that the Inspector who killed a tricycle rider, identified as schoolboy, in Rokpokwu area on Thursday, would be tried, dismissed and charged with murder.
CRIMESCHANNEL gathered that the Commissioner said this when he appeared as a guest on a Television programme in Port Harcourt on Friday.
Mukan said, “You know, it happened where Keke people are operating. An inspector of Police named Christopher Oba, was on illegal duty around the Rukpokwu junction. He is not supposed to be there at that time alone.”
“So, it is presumed he is on illegal duty. Along the line, he accosted a tricycle rider, there was an altercation between them. At that moment, he is not justified to use his firearm. But then, he used it and killed the keke operator.”
“As we are talking now, he is undergoing trial. By tomorrow, by God’s grace, he will be charged for murder because he doesn’t have any justification to use his firearms at that time.”
It could be recalled that after the keke operator was shot dead, there was a riot in Rukpoku area of Port Harcourt.
Several people, including other keke operators took to the street to express their frustration and disappointment at the Nigeria Police Force.
