Covid-19: Outrage As Policeman Kills Female Colleague In Rivers

Hamilton Nwosa
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By Hamilton Nwosa( Head, The New Diplomat’s Business and Data tracking desk)/Agency Report.

A policeman attached to the Rivers State Task Force team on Thursday killed a policewoman while trying to enforce the movement restriction put in place by the state government to curb the spread of the novel Covid-19.

Confirming the report, Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Omoni Nmadi, said, “Yes, it’s confirmed. The police sergeant and two others have been arrested.”

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The policewoman whose name could not be ascertained at the time of this report, was shot dead by a police sergeant around 5pm.Covid-19

Sources gathered that the female police officer was trying to stop members of the task force team from destroying goods and properties of some traders at Eneka town under Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state when the incident happened.

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