Rivers CP Kimo

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt

Six operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad(FSARS) sent to maintain law and order due to the land conflict that broke out between Okuru and Okujagu communities in Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers State have been killed and buried in shallow graves.

The Rivers State Police Command is yet to react to the incident,but it was learnt that a team of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad went on mass arrest yesterday, Thursday 26th May 2016 in the community. Women and men were all arrested.

When TheNEWS called Ahmad Muhammad,DSP, the Rivers Police Public Relations Officer for his confirmation this morning, he merely said :”I will issue a statement on it anytime from now”.

He did not confirm the report or deny it.

At the time of filing this report,the press statement from the Police has not been issued.

TheNEWS gathered that the team of the Special Anti Robbery Squad sent to the community were actually seven in number but one of them managed to escape, while the six unlucky others were caught, killed and buried by suspected cultists in the community.

The Six SARS officers/victims are:

AP NO 144265 INSP Dokubo Tamunosaki

AP NO 149006 INSP Aferuan Imoukhuede

FNO 383094 SGT Yohana Joshua

FNO 356434 SGT Ojebo Kennedy

FNO 370181 SGT Issuaya Efa

FNO 365048 SGT Odeh Joseph