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Video: Protest in Rivers after Policeman Allegedly Shot Dead Youth over N100 Bribe

Matilda Omonaiye/

Youths in Rukpokwu, Obio Akpor local government area of Rivers State have taken to major roads to protest the alleged killing of a tricycle rider by a policeman this morning.

NewsmakersNG learnt that the unidentified victim was shot after refusing to yield to a demand for N100 bribe by the yet-to-be-identified policeman.

The policeman reportedly fled the scene after shooting the victim.

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