{"id":201679,"date":"2022-07-07T03:39:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T02:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=201679"},"modified":"2022-07-07T06:53:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T05:53:51","slug":"gunmen-kill-policeman-apc-deputy-gov-candidate-escapes-death-in-port-harcourt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/07\/gunmen-kill-policeman-apc-deputy-gov-candidate-escapes-death-in-port-harcourt\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill policeman, APC deputy gov candidate escapes death in Port Harcourt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen have killed a yet-to-be-identified policeman while the All Progressives Congress, APC,\u00a0 deputy governorship candidate in Rivers State, Dr. Innocent Barikor, escaped death by whisker at the GRA axis of Port Harcourt on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was said to have occurred at the front of a club in the high-brow city centre when the assailants opened fire on the policeman.<\/p>\n<p>Barikor had reportedly left his office on Tuesday night for a meeting in the area, not knowing that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/07\/adamawa-gunmen-attack-pastors-residence-kill-sons-abduct-teenage-daughter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gunmen<\/a> were on his trail.<\/p>\n<p>According to PUNCH, the gunmen aimed at the cop attached to Barikor immediately they sighted his vehicle, killing him on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Publicity Secretary of APC, Darlington Nwauju, who also confirmed the incident, said the late operative was Dr. Barikor\u2019s orderly.<\/p>\n<p>Nwauju called for a thorough investigation into the incident and appealed for the Inspector-General of Police to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, he ((cop) works with Barikor. We are calling on the IGP to intervene and look into the incessant attacks on members of our party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunate that this attack is coming a few days after Dr. Barikor was unveiled as the party\u2019s deputy governorship candidate,\u201d the state APC deputy spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>The state police spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed that a cop was killed, but said the report of the attempted assassination was false.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, but it was not an assassination. Actually, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/05\/gunmen-attack-kwara-community-kill-policeman-kidnap-chinese-national\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">policeman<\/a> was shot. I think he was the target because they saw him with a rifle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing happened to the candidate. We are investigating the incident and the place has been surrounded. 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