THE Bayelsa State Police Command said it has begun a manhunt for killers of one Francis Palowei, a final year student of the Niger Delta University (NDU), Amasoma, over N500 levy.
The Command’s spokesman, Musa Mohammed (ASP), said on Wednesday, July 17, in Yenagoa, that some youths killed the student over his alleged refusal to pay N500 levy to climb a sand dump in Amasoma, which serves as relaxation spot for most students and youths in the area.
It was gathered that the deceased was a student at the Social Science Education Department and a native of Obrigbene in Ekeremor Local Council of the state.
Mohammed said the state commissioner of Police had ordered that the perpetrators should be immediately arrested and brought to justice, urging the deceased’s colleagues to be calm, as the Command would fish out the killers.
A resident of the community, who pleaded anonymity, said the incident occurred on July 15, saying some youths of the area, seeing the concentration of students around the sand dump, decided to increase the levy to N500 from N150, which degenerated into argument.
The community youth reinforced by calling other youths and subsequently, the student was killed.
The Public Relations Officer of NDU, Mr. Ndoni Igezi, who also confirmed the incident, described it as unfortunate, saying the Police were already on top of the situation.
