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NDU student shot dead by policeman while watching football match
An undergraduate of the Niger Delta University, NDU, Tariela Nikade, has been shot dead by police officers while he was watching football in a bar.
According to reports, the deceased who was a Petroleum Engineering student was allegedly shot dead by a policeman attached to Akenfa police station, just last night, on Tinacious street in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred when the officers stormed a bar where people were watching football. Tariela was said to be trying to flee the scene to avoid being wrongfully arrested and extorted, when he was killed
His brother, Anderson, a journalist, while confirming the tragic reports, in a Facebook post called for justice for Tariela. He wrote;
Akenfa Police Station brutally murdered my brother (our last born) close to our house at Tinacious rd, Edepie about 7 pm Friday night, and escaped from the seen. TARIELA NIKADE’s blood cries out for JUSTICE!