Police finally admits killing UNIPORT final-year student on his birthday

The Rivers State Police Command has admitted to killing, Oghenekevwe Edah, student of the University of Port Harcourt. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations), A.A. Muhammed, delivered a

condolence message to his family on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo, and promised that justice would be done in the matter.

Oghenekevwe was returning from a church on Sunday and was standing at the Assemblies of God Church Junction, Alakahia, Port Harcourt, when a highway-patrol police van driving against traffic hit him. The police were said to have attempted to escape but were held by passersby who compelled them to take the victim to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, where he died.

The police denied killing him, saying they only picked him from the road after he was knocked down by a vehicle. The police have now admitted to killing him. His younger brother, Emmanuel Edah, said Oghenekevwe’s death was painful to the family because he was their breadwinner. He said, “We are seven in my family and two of us are the only boys.

For the past 15 years, he had been doing professional photography and event coverage. He took care of us with the money and use the rest for his education. We want justice and nothing less. We have decided to follow the case legally and not take laws into our own hands.”