A protest was successfully carried out on the streets of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital yesterday, August 26, concerning the murder of juvenile Innocent Kokorifa.

Our correspondent who followed the event in Yenagoa, said the protest was led by Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), which is the apex body of Ijaw youths worldwide.

Youths and Human right Rights Activists and groups in the state came out on the streets demanding for Justice to prevail and bring those behind gruesome act to book.

The protest is ongoing despite intense and frightening security presence with over ten (10) patrol vans monitoring the situation.

The protest finally ended at Government House with all assurances from the police that justice will prevail on the murder of innocent Kokorifa.

First to speak was Former Spokesperson of the IYC, Comrade Jeremiah Owoupele who frowned at the reckless and trigger-happy attitude of men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on innocent citizens demanded that, the murder of Innocent Kokorifa shouldn’t be one of those normal cases where officers who perpetrate evil against fellow citizens are shielded and allowed to go free.

Owoupele however stated he led the protest out to let the world know how unhappy Ijaw Youths are over extra-judicial killings and more especially, the evil meted at juvenile Innocent Kokorifa. He said, he is a son of a retired military officer who understand’s and respects constituted authority but decided to lead the protest even as a Special Assistant to the government of Bayelsa state along other government officials and notable youth leaders to tell the police “enough is enough.”

Addressing protesters on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State was his deputy in charge of operations, Amiengheme Andy (DCP), thanked the youths to have been peaceful all through the process and reassured them that, there were serious moves on ground already to ensure speedy investigation process once it finished, Bayelsans and Nigerians indeed would be satisfied with how the case was handled as no stone would left unturned.

DCP Amiengheme further noted that, due to how sensitive the case is, the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), in charge zone 5 has has ordered for the detention of the officer who admitted shooting Innocent Kokorifa and have also assured independent investigative team from zone 5 are already on their toes to ensure justice prevail.

Amiengheme pleaded with protesting youths to go home and not extend the protest further. He also ended by saying unwanted statements should be avoided for now as doing so preempts issues which may make matters worst.

Earlier, the prime mover of #JusticeForInnocent, Augustine Ebikebuna Aluzu issued a statement saying:

“This is not about hatred for the Police

“This is about our right to life, this is about our right to human dignity. This is about leaving the house and coming home alive. This is about leaving the house without fear of Police harassment as we have witnessed across Yenagoa.

“This is about corrupt practices of the Police. It is about Police extortion, indiscriminate arrest, Police brutality and extra-judicial killing by Police Officers. While we know that a 17 year old is a teenager, to some people he is an adult.

“He is a dangerous adult who is guilty of armed robbery even if he has done nothing wrong. This is about Police Officers stopping our kids for any reason and they do whatever the Police says. If they can’t make up what the Police is saying, they don’t go close to ask. They don’t even try to move, you dare not walk away.

“This is about our people not being able to pull out their cell phone to call their parents when accousted by a Police officer. They just put their hands in the air and enter the Police van. It doesn’t matter, we will always look for money to bail them out. It doesn’t matter the time s/he was picked up or where they were picked up. We will bail them out.

“It is about picking Timi in front of his shop at 6:00pm by the police and demand for bail. It is about raiding a street and picking up hundreds of young people, take them to the station and demand for bail. It is about brutalizing our young boys, lay frivolous charges against them and demand for bail

“This is about human rights, this is about making a statement, this is about demanding professionalism by the police, this is about #JusticeForInnocent and all the victims of Police brutality.”

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The police are always on top of the situation.
I was not expecting to here anything , else.

hmm

Flexherbal:
The police are always on top of the situation.
I was not expecting to here anything , else.

True jarre, but they won't rest on this one human rights lawyers and activist showing interest on the case will push them to a point they would no choice than to surrender.

It was this interests that has compelled them to detain the officer that shot him.

That police dudes face looks so mean!

HERSLEY:
That police dudes face looks so mean!

, showing cruelty. Lol