An 18-year-old boy named Chinedu Abimbor was allegedly slain by a police officer affiliated with the Edo State Police command for not stopping at a roadblock.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
On Wednesday, the event took place in Edo State’s Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area. At a checkpoint in the town, Abimbor reportedly collided with a group of police officers while operating a Mercedes Benz. According to reports, the police stopped him at the checkpoint, but he disregarded their orders and kept driving.
One of the police was enraged by the adolescent driver’s disobedience, according to the report, and as a result, the trigger-happy officer shot the car.
According to the story, the teenage driver was killed when the gunshot struck him. Protests erupted in the town on Thursday as a result of the tragic event. According to accounts, people demonstrated in the streets to call for justice and the prosecution of the cop who killed Abimbor. The spokeswoman for the command, CSP Moses Yamu, said in a statement that Betty Otimenyin, the Commissioner of Police, had ordered a thorough inquiry in order to guarantee that justice was served. The statement said, in part, that “the Commissioner of Police has sympathized with the family and friends of the deceased and sued for calm with assurance that justice will prevail at the end.”CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
