A Rivers State-based phone repairer, Itoro Moses, has recounted to The PUNCH how his elder brother, Promise, was allegedly shot dead by an Air Force officer during a patrol at a junction.
He explained that the deceased was his elder brother and that they lived in the same neighbourhood. According to him, his brother was shot while going about his daily work at the park, and he still does not understand the circumstances surrounding the incident.
He said he was in his office around 2:30 pm on April 6, 2026, when a boy brought him a phone call. The caller asked if he knew someone named Promise Itoro and then informed him that an Air Force personnel had shot his brother at Eleme Junction. Shocked, he said he could not believe the news at first but confirmed from the boy that his brother was indeed dead.
He added that he immediately rushed to the scene, noting that earlier he had heard people discussing the killing of a man by an Air Force officer without realising it was his brother.
He described his brother as peaceful and non-aggressive, stressing that people at the park, including market women, could attest that no wrongdoing was ever linked to him.
When asked what he saw when he got to the scene of the murder, he said, “I met people gathered, and my heart raced, whispering a prayer that it should not be true.
“But it was true. I found my brother’s lifeless body in a pool of his blood.
“He was shot twice; one bullet in the chest and the other in his lower abdomen close to his genitals. Women were crying and laying curses on the person who fired the gun.”
When asked about his next action at the scene, he said he tried to carry his brother but felt powerless and helpless. He added that his brother’s tricyclist colleagues were present, after which he went straight to Elimgbu Police Station to write a statement.
He continued that he was later referred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, noting that all the tricyclists operating in the area followed him….See More
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