Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt
The Rivers State Police Command said on
Monday it had begun a manhunt for the killers of a Deputy Superintendent
of Police, Alkali Mohammed, and his orderly, both of the Mobile Police,
Unit 48,
The state Police Public Relations
Officer, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni, told in an interview that the
special units of the Nigeria Police Force had joined the ongoing
investigation with a view to apprehending the hoodlums and bringing them
to justice.
A group of bandits suspected to be
cultists had ambushed a police patrol team in Ujju community near Omoku
in Ogba Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state, and killed and
beheaded a DSP and his orderly.
It was learnt that the hoodlums escaped with the police patrol vehicle and took some weapons along with them.
But the state police spokesman assured
Nigerians that those behind the act would never go unpunished, adding
that one policeman, who could be the driver of the patrol van, was still
missing after the incident.
“The death of the DSP has been confirmed
and his body has been recovered. The policeman is still missing. All
hands are on deck and we are combing the bush around some communities.
“The command’s tactical unit has swung
into action; the IGP unit is also helping the manhunt for the hoodlums.
Investigation had been ordered and we will get the perpetrators of this
act in no time,” Omoni stressed.
Describing the deceased as gallant
police officers, Omoni said, “It is a sad moment for the police and we
pray that their gentle souls will rest in peace.”
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in
Port Harcourt had raised the alarm over the activities of hoodlums in
Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA during Saturday’s legislative rerun election in
Rivers State, disclosing that two policemen were killed and beheaded.
The General Officer Commanding, 6
Division, Maj.-Gen. Kasimu Abdulkarim, had said in a statement, “The
most brutal incident occurred at Ujju Community near Omoku in Onelga
where police patrol team was ambushed.
“In the ambush, 10 policemen scampered
to the bush. The Mobile Police organised a rescue mission. Regrettably,
the team discovered that DSP Alkali Mohammed of Mobile Police Unit 48
was beheaded along with his orderly. The patrol vehicle was taken away
with weapons, three policemen escaped while five were missing in action.
“This is the same area where soldiers of 34 Brigade were ambushed on 20 November, 2016 where a soldier was killed.
“Also on November 21, 2016, four
personnel of NSCDC were killed and their weapons carted away. These
attacks are reasonable evidence of violations of breach of law and order
which portray the area as a flash point.”
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