CITIZENS COMPASS —There was pandemonium in the Woji area of Port Harcourt in Rivers State as some protesting youths clashed with the Police over the death of a landlord, Nyebuchi Eke. 

The clash was said to have lingered since Saturday. 

The landlord was said to have died after honouring an invitation by the Police following a clash with his tenant. 

It was gathered that the landlord initially went missing only for his body to be recovered. 

He was said to have honoured a police invitation over a clash with his tenant.

Some residents who spoke about the incident said the protesters has created panic in the area. 

Some prominent indigenes of the area were said to have waded inti the mater all to no avail. 

It was learnt that the protests sparked off following  the viral video of the battered body of Nyebuchi as discovered in an uncompleted building in Chokocho Etche, some kilometers away from Woji, in Etche local Area started circulating in the community.

Eyewitnesses, including journalists living in Woji, said the protesting youths forced businesses to close down as they threw broken bottles and stones at the police operatives drafted to the community.

The protesting youths also made bonfires with tyres on the major streets in the area.

It was gathered that the problem began for Nyebuchi when he allegedly threw the belongings of his tenant out of his apartment over a disagreement on arrears of rent.

It was gathered that the tenant rushed to the Office of the Surveillance Unit of the Police in the area and reported the action of his landlord to them.

The landlord and tenant were invited by the Officer-in Charge of the Surveillance Unit but the landlord disappeared and did not return home after honouring the police invitation. 

It took the intervention of the Woji Council of Chiefs for the police to reveal what happened to Nyebuchi and to ultimately reveal where his remains were hidden.

Reacting to the development, Solomon Eke, the elder brother of the deceased who was the Chairman of Obio-Akpor local government area said there is no doubt that his brother was tortured to death.

He demanded that the corpse should be taken to a recognized Government Hospital for thorough pathological analysis.

Meanwhile, the police officer who allegedly tortured the landlord to death and the tenant have been arrested and detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department SCID of the Rivers State Police Command.

The Paramount Ruler of Woji Community, Eze Emeka G. Ihunwo, has assured his community that he will ensure justice for the deceased.

The River State Police Command was yet to react to the alleged torturing to death of Eke at the time of filing this report.

The incident occurred a few weeks after a new Commissioner of Police, Tunji Diisu was redeployed to the State.