Tragedy as a female police officer, a widow and mother of four, lost her life while on duty post in Rivers State. The deceased officer was at the front of the police station when she was beaten to death by some angry youths who were travelling to another State for a wedding party.
Here are the details of the incident
-The incident occurred on April 25, 2024, at approximately 4 p.m. in front of Taabaa Police Station in Khana local government area of Rivers State.
– A female police officer, Christiana Erekere, was beaten to death by a group of travelers.
– The travelers, numbering more than 30 in two buses and a car, were stopped for a routine check and became agitated when a police team queried the validity of the document of one of the cars.
– The travelers blocked the road and demanded that a senior cop return their car papers and allow them to go.
– The travelers became violent when they saw the policewoman recording their behavior with her phone and tried to seize it.
– When they couldn’t take her phone, they started throwing stones at her and used sticks to hit her.
– The other policemen ran away, but the travelers continued to beat the woman until she passed out.
– The police have arrested 16 travelers who were stopped at another checkpoint on their way to a wedding ceremony in Akwa Ibom.
– The Rivers State Police Command has initiated a thorough investigation into the incident and has extended its condolences to the family of the deceased and her colleagues.