Protest In Port Harcourt As Army Officer Kills Driver .....

There is a protest currently in Port harcourt and public vehicles are not allowed to operate and people are trekking whilst the protesters are calling for Justice for the Driver that was shot in cold blood....

This Is a blog visitor situation report....

''Stella Please post this amebo gist I experienced this early morning. Thank you ma'am.

So I left my sister's house this morning at Alakahia / Uniport going for an interview at Aba road and I decided to take Rumuokoro route that's how the taxi got to Rumuokoro and then I saw a very huge population of people, standing, walking, those going to mile 3, rumuigbo, Rumuola etc.  No vehicles to take, be it bus or taxis.   

I asked what was going on and why no vehicles are going or allowed to go and here's the most sensible version of the story I got.

They said that yesterday a bus driver ‎was running one way (Ikwerre/mile3 road to romuokoro) and he got caught by the army people at Bori camp. 

After they obviously stopped him and asked him to turn back and take the right road he still put his head and tried to escape "still on the one way" and then an army officer shot him in cold blood.

He was rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital but sadly, he passed on.

This gave all the abgeros, touts, and hooligans  of Rumuokoro and beyond the power to stop and possibly harm any driver that decides to pick up any passenger this morning.  

They're going round in buses and on foot carrying sticks and stones parading that the army guy must be brought to justice and that there shall be no movement whatsoever. 

On the other hand, school children, people going to their various work places and other innocent passengers ‎are suffering, trekking from Rumuokoro to where ever they may be going to because there's no public vehicle allowed to pick up passengers. 

I'm not saying the army man was right to shoot at a harmless Nigerian, no! He wasn't, he had no right... even if using the gun was called for he should have shot at his bus tyre not at him. 

There's every possibility that he's left a wife widowed, children fatherless, family members hopeless shedding tears and all these could be avoided. 

Nigerian force members seem to forget the psychological and rational acts before acting out because it seems they're taught only the hard and forceful laws.

I couldn't take pictures then because my phone was switched off and I didn't want to bring it out of my handbag in such a rough environment, you never can tell, snatchers everywhere. I'm sure someone else will send in more gist and pictures about it. 

As for me, I continued with the trekking till we got to rumuigbo o then saw a good samaritan going to Rumuola and rushed into his car with others; that's how I got to Rumuola this morning... Anyway, wish me luck with my interview.  

Have a blessed week BVs.''