App based transporters, Bolt Drivers, in Bayelsa protest gruesome Murder of member, demand justice
Following the gruesome murder of a bolt driver, Emmanuel Eden, recently in Yenagoa by unknown gunmen.
The Bolt drivers, in their hundreds and armed with placards with inscriptions such as ” Stop harassing Bolt drivers”, “Bolt drivers are bread winners of a family”, “we need better security”, No to brutality and killings” and ” Gov. Diri come to our aids”, march from Tombia junction through the State capital, appealing to the state government to take necessary action to bring justice to the Family.
The protest, which tools place on wednesday, had members of the Nigerians Union of Journalists (NUJ) and some Civil Society groups present.
One of the protesters, Jolly Adomokeme, told newsmen that they are on a peaceful march against the gruesome killing of their member and are calling for justice.
According to Adokeme,” though police has been a friend but some bad eggs among them have displayed acts against civil members of the society. Police should do their work and stop harassing Bold drivers and passengers.”
” The police should also stop unnecessary extortion of our passengers.”
Another bolt drivers, Goodness Okure, said the protesters are out to call on the Nigerian Police and the Bayelsa State Government to investigate and arrest those behind the dastardly killing of our colleague ”
She told newsmen that the late Emmanuel Eden left behind a young family with a wife and two kids,” the woman is helpless.”
Recall that the bolt driver, Emmanuel Eden, was shot dead on the 29th of May,2025 at Samphino Junction in the Kpansia axis of Yenagoa, the state capital.
Passersby discovered the lifeless body of the middle-aged driver in morning inside his vehicle and alerted the police, who cordoned off the area.
