Nigeria Police Force replace slain Divisional Police Officer in Rivers State
The Police authorities have assigned a new Divisional Police Officer to the Divisional Police Headquarters in Ahoada, following gruesome murder of the former police boss Bako Angbashim in a community in Ahoada East Local Government Area of River state
Penpushing reports that Rivers State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko made this known on Sunday in a statement, adding that the new Divisional Police Officer Richard Zuokumor, visited the divisional police headquarters, in company of some officers from various police units in the state.
The police spokesperson in the statement said the new Divisional Police Officer has been tasked to conduct a thorough search of the area, track down all the killers of the late police chieftain, who was a superintendent of police, and recover his body.
Penpushing further reports that the statement added that the command has also arrested six suspects over their alleged involvement in the killing, recalling that Angbashim, was ambushed and beheaded by gunmen on Friday night while he was returning from an operation alongside some police operatives.
The Command Public Relations Officer, a superintendent of police, disclosed in the statement that the six suspects were arrested during an operation in the community on Saturday, adding that the operation was conducted to recover the body of the slain Divisional Police Officer.
Penpushing also reports that the statement said the operation was part of the command on-the-spot-assessment of the community, adding that the Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, led other operatives in the operation
‘Among the items seized were a locally crafted pistol and various charms. These suspects and the confiscated items are currently under police custody and are undergoing interrogation at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Port Harcourt’, she said.
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