Just in : Peaceful protest turns bloody as police allegedly kills one in Ozoro, Delta State~Matty Demes

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OZORO -  Following several  outcries,complaints and protest by members of the public, interest groups and concerned institutions on the rising  cases on police brutality, extrajudicial killings, harrassment and maltreatment , the residents of ozoro community in Delta State have been awakened to a "peaceful protest turned bloody as police allegedly kills one".

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Information which  reached our newsroom at about 10:05am this day 2nd August 2020, was that a young man whose identity is yet to be ascertained was alledgely killed by member (s) of the Nigeria Police Force yet to be identified too during a peaceful protest against police brutality in Ozoro around Ala square .

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Below however is an information obtained via an interview with an eye witness who pleaded anonymity during a chat session with Matty Demes delegate on arrival , viz:

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"Can you please tell us what you know know about the event which led to the death of the deceased?"

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"Well, the protest was about police harrasing and arresting boys . Most times what they do most especially if you are carrying dread , they would just hold you and tell you to bring your phone".

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Further speaking, "the next thing they do is take you to the police or the next thing they do is that they ask you to bring money. The young men being fed about the situation took it to the street with placards to protest so as to tell the Federal and State Governments about their pains and how the police are harrasing them over their rights and on that process, the police drove down the scene".

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"While trying to make an arrest precisely to apprehend the deceased, angry youths made attempts to restrict the apprehension which subsequently led to a forceful approach from the police and an inadvertent stab on the deceased thereby leading to his death".

Meanwhile, the Police was yet to confirm the incident aas efforts made to reach the authority prooved abortive upon arrival by the team.

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