Taxi Driver Allegedly Killed By Police Bullet In Port Harcourt

A huge pandemonium nearly occurred in Rumuokoro area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Sunday after a taxi driver was allegedly shot by a police officer.

The Comissioner of Police in the state, Zaki Ahmed told Channels Television that troubled started when the driver allegedly obstructed an oncoming police patrol vehicle, preventing it from having its way.

According to him, an officer who alighted from the patrol van hit his gun on the body of the taxi and it exploded. He said the bullet hit and killed the taxi driver on the spot.

He also explained that security operatives have been moved to the scene to quell a possible escalation of the matter while investigations are on the matter.

Increased alleged extrajudicial killings nationwide call for concern as a similar case was recorded recently in Edo State. Youths and cab drivers in Benin City, the Edo state capital, on Tuesday, February 6 protested the alleged killing of a taxi driver by a police officer over his refusal to give bribe.

According to eyewitnesses, the police officer pushed the driver into an oncoming truck after he failed to give them more than N100 as bribe at a checkpoint