A University of Port Harcourt Mechanical Engineering student Edah Oghenekevwe Richard has lost his life after he was allegedly knocked down by a police van driving one-way.
Richard whose birthday was Saturday is supposed to serve next year in Batch A of the NYSC died on Sunday at 7.30pm.
He was reportedly standing along Assemblies of God Church junction in Alakahia, PH, when he was allegedly hit by Police Van with registration number NPF 1791D driven by Inspector John Kanu.
According to reports, “The police van after hitting the boy, tried to drive off but were stopped by onlookers at the junction and eyewitnesses who demanded that the victim be taken to the hospital.
The police agreed and took him to the University of Portharcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), but on reaching there, they allegedly told the attending nurses that they just picked him while they were driving along NNPC Filling station at Rumuosi and they weren’t aware of what had happened to him.”
“It was one of the nurses in the hospital that took down the details of one of the policemen involved. When called by the family members of the boy, the policeman denied any involvement in the accident. The police up till now are still denying the incident despite the several onlookers and eyewitnesses that were at the scene of the accident.”
