Mr. Gabriel Amawu, a Divisional Police Officer Obudu Police command in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, has been shot dead by suspected cultists.
Amawu was killed on Tuesday when some youths and students from the Federal College of Education said to be cultists were arrested and taken to the station.
A local source said students and youths attacked the station while the police in an effort to disperse the crowd shot into the air.
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The source said the students and youths also returned fire, adding that the bullets which killed the DPO could not be ascertained.
However, CrossRiverWatch reported that the crisis was between the students of the Federal College of Education, Obudu.
The paper said “the students were celebrating an end to their examinations when Mr. Amawu, suspecting criminal activity, made some arrests”.
The paper said the slain police chief shot into the air, apparently to scare away other students who had gathered at the station to demand the release of their colleagues.
“It is still unclear how Mr. Amawu whom initial reports say was shot in the head, took a bullet,” CrossRiverWatch reported.
