Rivers Court Remands Two Cops Over UNIPORT Graduate’s Killing

A Rivers State Magistrate’s Court in Port Harcourt has remanded two dismissed police officers over the alleged killing of 22-year-old University of Port Harcourt graduate, Anthony Obodo.

The officers, Corporals Alfred Louis and Michael Ejekwu, were arraigned on Thursday, September 3, 2026, following their dismissal from the Nigeria Police Force over the incident.

Obodo was shot dead on August 27, 2026, around Ada George Junction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

When the case came up before Chief Magistrate Helen Hardy on Thursday, the charge was not read to the defendants and they did not enter any plea.

The magistrate ordered that the two officers be remanded at the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre and directed that the case file be sent to the Chief Registrar for reassignment.

The case was adjourned until September 22, 2026, for plea and possible trial, while the Port Harcourt NBA Chairman, Dr Chinedu Maduba, expressed concern that only two of the four officers linked to the killing had been brought before the court.