Lockdown: Activist Flays Killing Of Two In Anambra

By Chuks Ekpeneru

Human rights lawyer and Executive Director of International Human Rights and Equity Foundation, IREF, Justice Ijeoma, has condemned the killing of two persons on Tuesday at the New Tyre Market Area of Nkpor, Anambra State allegedly by policemen enforcing the lockdown in the state.

“In the last two weeks of the restriction in the country we have been having news of innocent people mowed down by the security agents, we have also been treated with video clips and stories of law enforcement agents particularly the Police involved in extortion and collection of bribes.

“Strictly speaking there is no lockdown as officers saddled with enforcing it are observing it in breach, there has not been any motorist who was made to turn back because of the insistence of the law enforcement agents, what is happening delaying people and later collecting agreed amount from them and allowing them pass.

“The Inspector General of Police should prevail on the State Police Commissioner to stop their men from invading people on the streets, their houses and beer parlours in the name of enforcing or restricting movement.”

Meanwhile, the police in the state in their version said the deceased provoked the attack.

Speaking through the spokesperson, in the state, Haruna Mohammed, the police said he snatched the rifle of the policeman.

“Yes they snatched the rifle of the Policeman after pouring acid on him which prompted the other policemen to use force and retrieve the rifle.”

Haruna, however, said efforts were ongoing to restore sanity in the area.

However, eyewitnesses said they were shot by Police over an argument.

The argument reportedly started when the police ordered the youths to vacate the beer parlour in their yard. They argued with the police that the place was their yard, the witness alleged.

This was said to have angered the policemen and they started threatening to shoot the youth and the noise generated by the Police threat attracted other people whom the policemen also ordered to leave the scene or be shot.

While the others were said to have left, the youths insisted that since they are in their yard, the police cannot rush them into their rooms particularly when there is no power supply.

At that point, the policemen were said to have opened fire on them and hurriedly jumped into their patrol van and zoomed off when they saw the lifeless bodies of their victims on the ground.

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