Police admits to killing UNIPORT student while driving one-way

The Rivers State Police Command has taken responsibility for th tragic accident which left a 400 level student of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, Edah Oghenekevwe Richard, dead.

Punch has reported that the command has sent a condolence message to the victim's family, while promising that justice will be carried out on the matter.

Pulse has previously reported that Richard, was killed when a Police vehicle, crashed into him on his way back from church.

READ: Police-van allegedly kill UNIPORT student while driving one-way

The victim's brother, Emmanuel Edah, expressed his pain over Oghenekevwe’s death adding that it is a huge blow to the family because he was he breadwinner.

He said, “I was in Delta State when one of his roommates called me and said he had been knocked down by a police van. I was told that he was coming from the church when the van hit him and the police wanted to reverse their vehicle to make it look as if they were on the right path, but people held them down and forced them to take him to the hospital.

“I got to the emergency ward of the hospital and I was told that he was dead.”

Lamenting the death, Emmanuel said, “We are seven in my family and two of us are the only boys. For the past 15 years, he had been doing professional photography and event coverage. He took care of us with the money and use the rest for his education. We want justice and nothing less. We have decided to follow the case legally and not take laws into our own hands.”

The Student Union Government for the institution has expressed their anger while threatening to protest against the police over the recurring killing of students on the highway.

The SUG President of UNIPORT, David Dariereka, said  “We are not going to take it lightly with the police because we have discovered that he was killed by a highway patrol van and we have been able to trace the vehicle.

“We have asked our lawyer to take the matter up and soon, we will be having a protest to show that we will no longer condone this kind of thing. On January 1, we also lost a student on that road. We are going to use this to remind the authorities that human life is very precious and we can no longer be killed like fowls.”