Tragedy struck in Rivers State on Thursday, April 23rd, 2020, as a policeman working with the state’s task force shot dead a policewoman.

The incident which occurred at about 5:00 pm at Eneka in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area (LGA) of the state caused uproar in the community.

Our correspondent learnt that the policewoman, who was on a separate duty tried to stop officers of the task force from harassing some traders along the road.

Flavision also gathered that the policeman was targeting a different person before the bullet accidentally went off and struck the policewoman.

The policewoman, whose identity is yet to be made public, reportedly slumped and gave up the ghost instantly, as the bullet struck her chest.

The incident happened at about 5pm at Eneka. The policewoman was trying to stop them (task force). One of our men that live around there told us that the policeman, who accompanied the task force, was targeting somebody else, but ended up shooting the policewoman that was on a separate duty.

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mukan, told our correspondent that the trigger-happy police officer had been arrested and undergoing orderly room trial.

Mukan said,

There is no satisfactory explanation from the man who did the shooting. He has been arrested, disarmed and he is undergoing orderly room trial now. He may likely be dismissed today and charged to court tomorrow.

Justin Nwosu

Justin Nwosu is the founder and publisher of Flavision. His core interest is in writing unbiased news about Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. He’s a strong adherent of investigative journalism, with a bent on exposing corruption, abuse of power and societal ills.