Policeman arrested for killing Delta trader speaks

The policeman, Ebri Ubi, arrested for killing a trader, Onyeka Emmanuel Ibe, at a checkpoint in Anwai-Ugbolu road, near Asaba, the Delta state capital, has spoken after the unfortunate incident.

Ebri said that it was never his intention to shoot or even kill the trader, who recently got married.

WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that the police inspector was arrested after shooting and killing Ibe while performing a stop and search.

Late Ibe was said to be on his way to work when he was stopped by policemen at a checkpoint along the Ugbolu-Asaba Highway.

According to his colleagues, he refused to offer an N100 bribe which angered one of the policemen who shot him in the head, killing him on the spot. Angry youths had stormed the police headquarters with his corpse, demanding justice.

The State Police spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed that the police officer accused of killing the deceased had been arrested.

While giving his account of what transpired, Ebri said; “I heard a voice from about 10 to 15km, saying, ‘hold him, hold him’. Before I could turn, the young man raised his left hand to my rifle and said ‘I will kill you. Before I could drag it from him, my belt entered the trigger then it fired. It was not intentional or deliberate to kill him.”he said