The Nigerian Police force Aba Area Command has killed two keke (tricycle) operators in the city of Aba, Abia State.
The incidents took place in two places of Aba. One is at Uratta Junction Aba and the other is at Opobo Junction, Ogbor hill Aba, Abia State.
An witness reports said, the keke operators were killed by the Police attached to Abia Covid19 taskforce team. The agency was set up to enforce the “Stay at Home” order by the Abia State government in a bid to curb the widespread of coronavirus.
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The killings of these keke riders was a plus to the killing of a commercial driver who was killed by a Nigeria Civil Defense Officer in Umuahia/Aba Expressway.
Speaking to Abacityblog, an eye witness from Opobo junction in Ogbor Hill, Aba recounts how the incident happened. She said;
“Roughly 1 hour ago some Police men brutally killed a keke driver. The keke driver was unlucky as he wanted to escape the area with other keke drivers as the police men always chase them around and sometimes tax them .
“This young man was about reversing to run so the police men wont catch him but unfortunately for him his keke hit a pole and he tried pulling back which yield to no avail other than the police Men dragging him down from his keke and started beating him . One of the police men used the head of his gun to hit the man on his head, the man started having have seizures and died immediately.
“As this happened the Police Men put the dead man in their car and left with him , obviously to go dispose his body and deny the act.
“The market women kept shouting “Who will marry our young women if they kill our youngs boy finish”.
“I wish i was with my phone to capture this devilish act !
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Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this reports, the Abia State government is yet to issue an official statement over the killings.
