The Rivers State Police Command has said its operatives were not involved in any shooting as being widely reported.
The viral video clips currently making the rounds, captured
some moments when security officers shot sporadically during a protest.
Ijaw youths had stormed the Port Harcourt City Council
secretariat to protest against the tenure elongation by the Local Government
Chairmen who were expected to vacate their offices on Monday.
One of the leaders of the Port Harcourt City youths,
identified simply as Ichemanti alleged that one of the protesting youths was
shot at by the police during the sporadic shootings.
But when contacted, the Rivers Police Public Relations
Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko denied the allegation, saying the police were on ground
to ensure that there was no breakdown of law and order.
She said, “If you can see clearly in that video, there is no
policeman shooting there. You can see them peacefully moving around there
because they are there to forestall the breakdown of law and order. So there is
no shooting.
“Let’s stop circulating false stories. That you heard
gunshots doesn’t mean the police are shooting. If there was any shooting, you
would have seen casualties”.
Asked what could be the identity of those shootings, the
PPRO said, “You were not there and I was not there but you can trust me when I
say the policemen deployed to the area were not shooting”.
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