CENTUS NWEZE ReportingÂ
Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, governor, Delta State, has reacted to riots in Asaba earlier Wednesday, asking police to launch a thorough investigation into alleged killing of a young man by a police officer.
Mr Onyeke Ibe, the victim, was allegedly killed along Ugbolu- Illah Road by a member of stop -and-search police team on duty on the road.
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary , Mr Olisa Ifeajika in Asaba, the governor asked for calm, and appealed to residents not to take laws into their hands but should allow the police to conduct an indepth probe into the circumstances that led to the sad incident.
He disclosed that the police officer, an Inspector who allegedly fired the shot that killed Ibe was promptly arrested and currently being detained at the command Headquarters in Asaba.
He advised citizens to go about their normal businesses and remain law-abiding, assuring that the law will take its course.
Okowa expressed condolences to the family of the deceased and reaffirmed the resolve of the state government to ensure that the prevailing peace in the state endured.