Lockdown: Police Officer Shoots Colleague Dead In Rivers

A police team attached to the Rivers State COVID-19 Taskforce has reportedly killed a female police officer in an attempt to dislodged street traders not observing lockdown in the state.

BIGPEN learnt that the deceased was killed by a stray bullet from a trigger-happy police officer attached to the state taskforce.

Reports say the deceased simply identified as Lovinda, from Ozozo in Etche Local Government of Rivers State, was on her official post when the police team attached to the Taskforce shot her while dislodging the street traders in Enaka town.

Sources said that the incident occurred at Eneka Town, Obio-Akpo Local Government Area, at about 5pm, when members of the taskforce arrived the area and began to destroy goods belonging to defiant street traders.

The new Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, who confirmed the development, said the policeman attached to the taskforce misused his weapon.

“A policeman attached to the taskforce did the shooting. He was shooting anyhow and in the process killed another policewoman. The policewoman was hit by a stray bullet”.

The policeman has since been arrested, disarmed and subjected to orderly room trial, the CP said.

“As I am talking to you, the orderly room trial is ongoing. If we conclude it this night, we will arraign him tomorrow”, he said. He insisted that there was no justification for the killing adding that the law must take its course.