Delta Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has called on the police to launch a thorough investigation into the alleged killing of a young man by a police officer in Asaba on Wednesday.

He decried the shooting of the deceased,  Mr. Onyeka Ibe, which was said to have occurred along Ugbolu- Illah Road by a member of stop -and -search police team on duty on the road.

In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary , Mr Olisa Ifeajika in Asaba, the  governor sued for calm, and  appealed to residents not to take laws into their hands but should allow the police to  conduct an indepth probe into the  circumstances that led to the sad incident.

He disclosed that the police officer,  an Inspector, who allegedly fired the shot that killed Ibe was promptly arrested and  currently  being detained at the command Headquarters in Asaba.

He advised citizens to go about their normal  businesses  and remain  law- abiding , assuring that the law will take its course on the incident after a thorough  investigation by the police.

Okowa  expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased  and reaffirmed the resolve of the state government to  ensure that the prevailing peace in the state is sustained.