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BREAKING: Protest rocks Bayelsa over youth’s death in police custody
 
By: Abara Blessing Oluchi
Sat, 25 Sep 2021   ||   Nigeria,
 

SATURDAY- 25th September, 2021: Irate youths from the Epie and Atissa Kingdoms in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State are currently protesting in Yenagoa, the state capital, over the death of their colleagues from the Biogbolo-Epie community.

The victim, Goodluck Oviekeme Izigwe, was said to have died in police custody.

The youths who are protesting the death of Izigwe, on Saturday blocked the Biogbolo-Epie section of the Mbiama-Yenagoa Road and the Isaac Boro Expressway with canopies, tyres and sticks, stopping vehicular movement.

More details later…

 

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