Anger and protest have continued to trail the killing of a four-year-old boy, Godgift Odoki, by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Bayelsa State Police Command.

Godgift was shot dead on October 22 alongside one Anayo during a crossfire between the police and a gang of cultists at Ekeki area of Yenagoa.

One other person was reportedly shot in the buttocks by the police during the shootout. However, the hoodlums were said to have escaped unhurt.

The youths of Epie-Atissa Kingdom in Yenagoa Local Government Area protested the killing and asked the police to fish out the killer squad.

The youths demanded justice for the kid and lamented rising extra-judicial killing by the police in the state.

The President of Oguan Youth Congress (OYC), Mr. Ken Godswill, said the two police sergeants who were indicted in the shooting of the little boy and other victims should be prosecuted and punished accordingly.

He said: “We are demanding justice. All we are saying is that justice should be done. SARS should be brought to book”.

The state House of Assembly said it was upset at the killing of Odoki and other persons who lost their lives in the incident.

Speaking through the Chief Whip, Tonye Isenah and the House Committee Chairman on Security, Mr. Bernard Kenebai, the legislature said it was also aware of some illegal police operations in the state, especially arrest-for-bail.

It said victims of such arrest were compelled to spend money to free themselves.

The House promised to address the incident adequately and “take the matter up with the police”, describing the killing of the little boy as a serious matter.

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