By Nosa Akenzua, Asaba
Operatives attached to the Ebrumede Police Division in Warri on Wednesday allegedly killed a woman and her baby while chasing a vehicle allegedly belonging to some suspected Yahoo Yahoo boys,
According to eyewitnesses account, the policemen were pursuing the suspected Yahoo boys when they hit a tricycle conveying the woman and her child who died on the spot.
An angry mob that gathered following the ugly incident were said to immediately set the police vehicle, a hilux, on fire as they called on the new Delta State Police Commissioner to do something about the incident.
In a swift reaction, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Onome Onowakpoyeya confirmed the incident, saying that Investigation was ongoing with a view to ensuring that the suspects were brought to book even as he appealed to the angry mob to allow the Investigation to be concluded
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