By Femi Alabi
The Police Public Relations Officer, Edo State Command, Bright Edafe has responded to a supposed viral video online showing some policemen sporadically shooting into the air, saying they are out on official duties to quell a Protest.
Edafe on his X handle replied to a user who asked that, “what is happening in Asaba again”.
The PPRO wrote, “They are policemen deployed to quell an ongoing protest against one of the State Taskforce in Asaba pls”
A short video clip of about one minutes had gone on the internet, probably insinuating another crises in delta State, following tge killing of the Army officers I the state.
Bright stated further in his explanation, “There was a violent protest this morning by Okada riders who had an issue last night with the state task force that led to the death of two persons. They mobilized in their numbers this morning destroying properties and beating people, hence our men were deployed to control the situation before it turned into something else.”