Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that two of its personnel have been killed by unknown gunmen around Eliparanwo Junction, by Ada-George road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.
The Public Relations Officer of Rivers State Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the killing of the two police officers, adding that the vehicle the killers used has been identified.
Omoni, a DSP, said the command has commenced investigation immediately to uncover the circumstances that led to the act, saying that those behind the dastardly act against Nigeria Police Officers who were on their duty would be arrested and prosecuted.
“Yes I am aware of the killing of two police officers around Ada-George, our men have identified the car that was used to carry out the attack.
“We have deposited the corpse at the mortuary while investigations have commenced to track down the perpetrators of that evil act against police men who were on their duties, we must get them.”
A source told theportcitynews.com that the unknown gunmen who arrived the scene on a black Highlander Jeep had trailed the police personnel, who were on a private car at about 10:12pm, Tuesday, and opened fire on them.
The source who spoke to TPCN on condition that his name will not be in print, noted that the two cops died immediate, adding that one other who survived the incident sustained bullet wound.
He said the killers had escaped while the policeman who suffered bullet wound was rushed to hospital by passersby before a team of police officers and men on distress arrived.
“I was sitting with my friends in a bar near the place where the incident took place. We just saw one black Highlander just cross a white car whose occupants were police men. What we just heard was gun shots.
“When we rushed there, we saw one police officer laying died on the ground and another died inside the vehicle while the third officer who sustained bullet wound, we rushed him to hospital. The killers just escape before other police men arrived the scene, that was what I saw”.
