The protest by tricycle and motorcycle riders in the Asaba and Okpanam areas of Delta State has taken a fatal dimension
Deaths recorded as a result of the protest has risen to four.
The chairman of the Building Material Market, Okpanam, and one of the okada riders, who were said to have been hit by police stray bullets during the protest on Monday, died early on Tuesday.
The commercial motorcyclists, during their protest on Monday, had said they were protesting the untimely death of their colleagues who were allegedly killed by the State Task Force on Sunday night.
The State Task Force was enforcing the ban on late-hour operations of tricycles and motorcycles in the capital territory.
The news of their death sparked another round of protest by the traders at the building material market.
The traders protested the death of their chairman, while the okada riders also joined to protest the death of their colleagues.
During the protest, commercial activities were grounded, shops closed and roads deserted, while some tricycles and motorcycles seen on the road were seized and set ablaze.
However, operatives of the Police Anti-Riot Squad were drafted to take control of Okpanam town.
Meanwhile, Delta State Police Command has arrested eight male suspects while 53 motorcycles were impounded during the riders protest.
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