On Wednesday, a group of people in the Kpansia neighbourhood of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State’s largest city, killed a keke driver.
The group acted after it was said that the tricycle driver, also called a “Keke,” stabbed a young man to death. The Keke driver was said to have killed the young guy with a knife after they got into a fight over N50. The person died right there.
Because of what he did, some people in the area got angry and used stones to kill the Keke rider.
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The identities of the deceased men could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, the Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the incidents.
The command, in a statement by its spokesperson, Asinim Butswat, also condemned the murder of the youth by the Keke rider as well as his lynching.
He said, “The Bayelsa State Police Command has deployed an anti-riot squad to restore normalcy at Kpansia and its environs, over the unfortunate murder of a community youth by a tricycle rider.
“The youth was allegedly stabbed to death by the tricycle rider over a minor disagreement.
“The Command condemns the action of the tricycle rider, who was also lynched to death by irate youths and appeal to members of the community to be calm.”
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