Police to arraign dismissed officer for killing father of three

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, has said the police officer who killed an engineer and father of three, Alafuro Peterside, will soon be arraigned in court.

Recall that Peterside was allegedly shot dead by an operative attached to the Police Mobile Force, 43 Squadron, in Gombe State on August 14 at a popular bar along Stadium Road in Port Harcourt.

However, CP Nwonyi, while responding to questions by our correspondent disclosed that the policeman whose identity was not disclosed has been dismissed and the matter charged to court.

He stated, “The suspect who happens to be a police officer has been dismissed and the case charged to court.  That is the development. ”

Meanwhile, some residents of the state have called on the police commissioner to name and show the photo of the dismissed police officer who committed the said offence.