According to the reports, an 18 -year -old boy, identified as Chinedu Abimbor, has been shot dead by the Police in Ekpoma, the area of the local government of Esan West of the State.
Daily Post reports that the tragic incident occurred on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at a police control point in the city.
However, it was said that the younger brother of the deceased was arrested by the police.
The incident caused protests on the young and the family of the deceased, who demanded justice from the murdered adolescents and asked that the culprit be taken to the book.
An ocular witness, who spoke under anonymity, said the victim, who was driving a Mercedes-Benz, refused to stop at a police control point when the agents marked.
He said that the young man's refusal to stop angry one of the operations, which immediately shot the vehicle, killing the victim in the process.
He also added that the victim's brother, who was in the vehicle at the time of the incident, was immediately arrested by the police and detained.
“This development led young people angry to go out to the streets of Ekpoma on Thursday to demand justice to the 18 -year -old man killed,” he said.
The protesters, who also stopped in the palace of the traditional ruler of Ekpoma, HRH Anthony Ehizogie Avume II, demanded the immediate release of the brother of the victim of custody.
A speakers' spokesman, who identified himself as Lucky Adaba, said: “We went to the police station to ask about what it could have led to the murder, but the police tear and began to shoot.
“The police have formed the habit of harassing young people driving cars in Ekpoma.”
Meanwhile, the EDO State Police command has ordered a large -scale investigation into the incident to determine what really happened.
A statement issued by the Public Relations officer of the Command, Moses Yamu, said that the incident involved an operation team set for security forces and the occupants of a Mercedes-Benz not registered, which resulted in the death of Chinedu Abimbor.
Yamu, who issued the statement to journalists on Friday, explained that the police commissioner in charge of the command, Betty Otimenyin, had directed the immediate withdrawal of the three patrol teams involved in the incident of the operations.
He said the commissioner was pitying with the family and friends of the deceased and “requested the calm of the general public, with the assurance that in the end justice will be served.”