Six persons have been feared killed in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, after a car driven by a young man, suspected to be an internet fraudster, popularly known as “Yahoo Boys” skidded off the road and rammed into pedestrians along a walkway.
Sources said that police officers from Rumuokoro Police Station used an ambulance to evacuate the bodies as at 4am yesterday morning, while the police have launched a manhunt for the suspects.
According to an eyewitness, the incident, which happened at Eliozu by Unity Filling Station area in Port Harcourt on Monday night almost caused chaos in the area, following the escape of the suspected internet fraudsters from the scene.
The suspected yahoo boys were said to be racing at top speed, but lost control of the car.
Subsequently, the car knocked down an electric pole, and rammed into the walkway and sideways, killing about six people.
The eyewitness added that the driver and his sole passenger, presumed to be a friend or brother of the driver, were believed to be under the influence of drugs.
