The Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, Superintendent Bako Angbashim, was killed, according to the Rivers State Police Command, and four suspects were connected to the crime.
Additionally, was stated that a locally produced pistol was found after three members of the daredevil gang were apprehended.
The Command, however, claimed that the primary suspect, Gift Okpara, who kidnapped and beheaded the police officer, fled during a bloody gunfight with agents in the Odumude neighborhood of Rivers State’s Ahoada West Local Government Area.
This information was provided at a news briefing on Tuesday at the Command Headquarters in Port Harcourt by the state commissioner of police, Emeka Nwonyi.
Nwonyi expressed displeasure that after Angbashim’s murder, the criminals were still prepared to cause further harm to the command. He claimed that they started shooting as soon as they cited operators, but that they were met with superior gunfire, which resulted in the deaths of four of them.
He did, however, say that the operation would continue until the gang boss and other eluding gang members were apprehended and put to face the law, despite the pain caused by Angbashim’s horrific death.
