- The incident happened in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the oil rich southern state.
- The gunmen, who are suspected to be cultists, reportedly captured and dismembered Amgbanshin
A Divisional Police Officer in Rivers State, Bako Amgbanshin, has been grisly murdered by gunmen wreaking havoc in the state.
The incident happened in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the oil rich southern state.
The gunmen, who are suspected to be cultists, reportedly captured and dismembered Amgbanshin.
The rampaging armed non state actors had laid an ambush for him while on an operation with other police officers to raid some criminal hideouts in Ahoada East axis.
According to a source who spoke in confidence for security reasons, the cultists were armed with about four sophisticated weapons and opened fire on sighting the operatives.
“There was a shootout for several minutes between the DPO-led men and 2Baba-led Iceland until the operatives ran out of bullets and ammunition.”, Punch quoted the source as saying.
The source disclosed that while the other officers withdrew and fled, Angbanshin stood his ground and fought till the end.
It was gathered that while DPO Angbanshin attempted to flee, he had a muscle cramp and the cultists caught him alive and whisked him away.
However, a viral video which surfaced on Friday night showed Angbanshin’s head, hand and private part separated with several deep machete cuts.
The gunmen chanted victory songs while his charted and decomposing remains littered the floor.
One of the cultist while beaming torchlight on his face said in Pidgin English, “DPO, finally na you be dis. Now, how far? “You (referring to Angnanshin) dey challenge Iceland. Who are those men? Iceland, are they dangerous?”
The spokesperson of the state Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the killing of the DPO.
“Yes, it is true. I will make the details available Saturday (today) morning.”
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