There are reports that twelve people have
been arrested in the Aluu Community where four students of the University of
Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) were on Friday killed. The students names were given as
Ugonna, Ilyod, Tekana and Chidiaka.
The four students were killed by a mob for
allegedly stealing a laptop and high-end smartphones.
The police had earlier promised to arrest
the perpetrators of the crime urging the youth of the university community not
to take laws into their hands.
The Rivers State commissioner for
Information, Ibim Semenitari tweeted at 4.22pm today from her handle (@ibimtoby) “PH government is
outraged. The Governor has ordered investigations and already some arrests have
been made.”
The Rivers Police Public Relations officer
(PPRO), Ben Ugwuegbulam, a deputy superintendent of Police (DSP), in a
telephone interview confirmed that four persons were killed on Friday at Aluu
for allegedly stealing, but could not ascertain if the victims were
students of UNIPORT or not.
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