Eliozu youths protest escape of ritual killer

The Nigerian Police, once again, is not having it rosy as youths in Eliozu Port Harcourt have protested against the escape of a ritual killer from the police custody.

Dike, a 23-year-old suspect, an undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), was arrested last Saturday for allegedly killing an eight years girl and removed vital organs of the body.

However, the suspect was said to have escaped under questionable circumstances inside the police station necessitating a protest calling on the NPF to provide the suspect.

However, the Police in his reaction said they have begun a search operation to apprehend the suspect assuring that their search would soon produce meaningful results.

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National Daily learnt that as a result, the protesters barricaded a section of the road in the state capital on condemning the dastardly act and the escape of the suspect and calling on the police to produce the suspect immediately.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Nnamdi Omoni, said that the suspect was on his way to dispose of the remains of the girl before he was arrested.

Omoni warned parents to monitor the movements of their children and be wary of those they allow to have access to them.