Mrs Callister Ugiri, mother of a 27-year-old man, Onyekachi Ugiri, who died from stray bullet during Tuesday’s protest against the planned impeachment of the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has lamented the family’s misfortune.
Mrs Ugiri in an interview with newsmen related how she lost Onyebuchi to bullet fired by police during the protest.
She also said the police has been standing in her way to have the deceased son’s remains.
In the account, the bereaved mother also gave a lowdown of how it all happened.
Her word, “On Tuesday, I heard that our neighbour, Chiwedu, came to the house to take my son to go for protest in support of the governor.
“In the night, I waited but did not see my son. So I asked my daughter about her brother, She told me that our neighbour, Chiwendu, took her brother to protest in support of the governor.
“On Wednesday, Chiwendu came back and told my daughter that he took my son to protest in support of the governor, and as the police were shooting, a bullet caught my son, Oyekachi on the head.
“Then my son ran and entered one building where he died, Chiwendu ran away while others were arrested.
“I went to the old GRA Police Station to look for his body. They said I should go to the control room at the headquarters. I also went to the Control room at headquarters, and from there to State CID they said he is not there.
“I also went to the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital. There I saw two persons with bullet wounds, but I did not see my son.
“I went to the police clinic where they said somebody with a bullet wound was, I did not see him there.
“Today morning (Friday), I saw a video of my son’s dead body with blood all over. I am begging the police to provide the corpse of my son wherever it is and also calling on the governor to come to my aid.”
