A father of three, Alafuro Peterside, who was shot dead by a policeman at a popular bar along Stadium Road in Port Harcourt has been buried.
The late engineer was buried at a private cemetery in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital on Friday.
Tears flowed freely from his family and a myriad of sympathisers during a brief sermon conducted at his graveside, as many who adorned black attires wore mournful looks and they left the venue immediately after he was interred.
A burial reception for the late Peterside was held at the Port Harcourt Club after families, friends, and sympathisers paid their last respects.
Our correspondent recalled the murder of the 42-year-old Peterside in the presence of his wife and children in early August this year had sparked a public outcry with different groups including the Ijaw Youths Congress calling for Justice.
Also, the Chairman of the Rivers State Civil Society Organisation, Enefaa Geirgewill while condemning the incident urged the police to carry out a thorough investigation and not sweep the matter under the carpet.
Georgewill had also called on the Police to name the alleged killer cop and make him face the law.
The police officer who shot the late Peterside had yet to be named by the Rivers State Police Command, but the Commissioner of Police said the suspect has been charged in court.
Speaking at the funeral, the younger sister of the deceased, Josephine Peterside, appealed for speedy justice in the ongoing trial.
She stated, “It is shocking that my brother’s life was taken by a trigger-happy police officer. I am calling on the government and the police to give us justice because this soul won’t just go like that.
“You can see his kids are young. The wife is young. It’s painful and nobody should say it is a strategic bullet and anything. That is why we are asking the government to give us justice.”
