Okada and tricycle riders protest at Delta police headquarters over a rider killed in Asaba violence

Commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators in Delta State have offered to give police video footage and other evidence to help identify and prosecute those behind the alleged killing of one of their members during Saturday's political violence in Asaba.

Members of the Commercial Motorcycles and Tricycles Operators Association protested on Monday at the state police command headquarters, demanding justice for the man they identified as Chinaza Sunday. Board of Trustees member Prince Okeoghene Miller Kingsley said he was at his duty post, carrying out his legitimate work, when he was killed.

Kingsley said the association has confidence in the police and is ready to share recordings, information and details of people allegedly connected with the incident. He rejected suggestions that the dead man or other members were involved in crime or political thuggery. "Nobody here is a thug," he said, adding that members are free to belong to any party or movement under the right to freedom of association.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration) Philip Adejo received the group's petition and promised that the command would investigate the killing. "Sometimes self-help can become a serious problem," he said. "We sympathise with you; go home and rest because you will see results."

The police have not named any suspect, according to the report.