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There is wide protest in Kabba town over the alledged killing of a boy by a policeman.
The protesters have barricaded the police station in Kabba chanting war songs as police makes efforts to dispel the gathering with firing of tear gas.
Unconfirmed report by an eyewitness account, said the boy was alledged to have taken a sachet of pure water belonging to the policeman from the Policeman’s car to drink.
But in a swift reaction, the Kogi State Commissioner of Police CP Edward Egbuka said information from the area Commander of the Police says the Policeman tried to defend himself promised to Investigate the matter.
The CP who confirmed the killing said until the outcome of the investigation, preliminary report he got said the policeman only tried to defend himself.
For now the police in Kabba are making frantic efforts to quell the uprising, with the Commissioner of Police assuring that he will carry out an investigation to determine the cause of the killing.
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