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Aggrieved youths of Epie-Atissa Kingdom in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday peacefully protested the alleged killing of a four-year-old boy, Godgift Odoki, by members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force.


It will be recalled that another victim, a 7-year-old son of a Federal Road Safety Corps official, was killed by police and buried last weekend amidst tears.

Godgift was reportedly shot dead on 22 October 2016 alongside one Anayo while another adult male sustained gunshot wounds during a crossfire between the SARS team and a gang of suspected cultists in the Ekeki area of Yenagoa.

The youths, who protested under the aegis of the Oguan Youth Congress, displayed placards with various inscriptions like “We Need Justice for Godgift,” “Oguan Youth Demand Justice,” “Justice in Nigeria Through Police Is Expensive,” among others.

They marched to the State House of Assembly Complex and the Government House, both located along the Mbiama-Yenagoa Road in the State capital, to register their grievance.