A young girl is currently battling for her life after she was shot by a police officer in Oria-Abraka Community in Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State
According to one precious who claimed to be the girl’s boyfriend, the trigger-happy policemen from Abraka Division allegedly shot the girl, Rukevwe John, in front of Oria-Abraka Secondary School.
Narrating how the incident occurred, Precious said he was taking the U-turn while driving when he heard someone hitting his vehicle from behind to stop and then he came down, and saw they were policemen and he frowned at the way they approached him, entered his vehicle and drove off.
According to him, he suddenly heard a gunshot, which penetrated his car and hit his girlfriend directly from the back, in the passenger’s seat.
The policemen were said to have fled the scene after they shot the girl.
Meanwhile a group, Initiative for Social Rights Concerns and Advancements,ISRCA, has raised an alarm over the incident with a call on the Delta State Commissioner of Police Surajudeen Olufemi Abaniwonda, to immediately probe into the matter, fishing out the Police officers at Oriah junction, and further persecuting same where necessary.
The group’s National Coordinator,Comrade Derrick Oritsematosan Agberen in a statement said before calling on CP Abaniwonda, he had reached out to the Divisional Police Officer, DPO Abraka,SP Fabian Ayameh and also, the Delta State Police CPRO, DSP Bright Edafe.
He said the government should, as a matter of seriousness, end police brutality and extra-judicial killings, stressing that policemen cannot just end the lives of citizens abruptly like that.
