An assaulted Inspector Godday Aleru, who was reportedly shot in an attack carried out by gunmen at the checkpoint on Monday along the Mbodo-Aluu axis of Obiri Ikwerre, urgently requires financial assistance, according to his wife, Mrs. Cecilia Aleru.
Mrs Aleru, the wife, revealed that the family had already spent over N600,000 on his medical treatment but had exhausted its financial capability.
According to Nigeria Info FM, Cecilia pleaded with the Rivers State Government and well-meaning Nigerians to assist the family financially so that her husband could be operated on.
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As a mother of four children, including a one-month-old baby, she explained that she felt shattered upon hearing that her husband had been shot while on the job.
She further alleged that, other than the DPO of the Aluu Division, who came only after she went to the station to seek help, no senior police officer in her husband’s command had contacted them.
Inspector Aleru has continued to receive treatment at the University of Port Harcourt (UPTH) since then.
As of press time, the Police Command has yet to state its position on the incident.
