By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Edo State Police Command on Saturday March 15, 2025, ordered a full scale investigation into the circumstances surrounding an alleged fatal shooting of an 18- year old driver at a check point by a police operative.
The Source reports that one of the police personnel at a checkpoint in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Council, on Wednesday March 12, allegedly shot and killed one Chinedu Abimbor for refusing to stop when flagged down.
The deceased was said to be driving in a Mercedes Benz vehicle together with his brother who was also arrested after the incident.
Expectedly, the ugly incident sparked a massive protest by youths from the area, a development which forced the Police to immediately withdraw Police operatives from the said checkpoint.
The protesting youths are both demanding justice for the victim as well as the immediate release of his arrested sibling, being held by the Service.
“The incident happened on Wednesday March 12, 2025, when the victim who was driving in a Mercedes Benz vehicle refused to stop at the police checkpoint in the town after his vehicle was flagged down.
“Angered by Abimbor’s action, one of the operatives fired shots at the vehicle killing the driver.
“His brother who was in the vehicle with him was arrested by the police and taken into custody”, one of the protesting youths volunteered.
In a statement issued by its spokesperson Moses Iyamu, CSP ,the Edo state police Command, aside directing for an investigation also ordered the withdrawal of the three patrol teams implicated in the sad incident.
“The Commissioner of Police, Betty Otimenyin, has commiserated with the family, friends of the deceased, and sued for calm with assurance that justice will prevail in the end”, the police stated
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