Rivers father of three shot dead while controlling traffic

A volunteer traffic warden and father of three was said to be controlling traffic in Rivers state when he got shot dead by unknown gunmen.

 

The act was said to be perpetrated by gunmen dressed in police uniforms on Saturday evening.  The deceased has been identified as one Chukwuka Monye.

The incident happened at Rumuokoro Junction in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.

He was said to be assisting in clearing the gridlock caused by a downpour when it happened.

A source who did not want his name in print for security reasons said the deceased had an issue with some security personnel, but could not give a proper identity of the people.

“What I heard was that Chukwuka was arguing with some security people, but I don’t know if they are policemen or not. He is a very quiet person and very intelligent. He is a First Class graduate, 43 years old now. It is very unfortunate what happened to him,” he stated.

It was learned that the corpse was later retrieved from the scene by policemen and deposited at a morgue in Port Harcourt.