Rivers CP Kimo

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt

The Rivers State Police Command has announced the missing of five policemen who, along with other colleagues, were ambushed in the early hours of Wednesday May 25 2016 at the Okujagu community, Okrika Local Government.

According to the Rivers Police Command image maker,Ahmad Muhammad,DSP, in a press statement made available to rosters: “The policemen went to Okujagu community on a routine police inquiry when they were ambushed by unknown gunmen. Before they could disembark from the boat that ferried them, they were bombarded with a barrage of heavy gunfire which forced them to scamper for cover and by the time the firing ended, six policemen comprising two inspectors and four other rank and file could not be accounted for. But a day after Inspector Aferuan Imoukhuede who was among the missing policemen was rescued”.

The statement further said: “String operations by the command are still on the top gear to rescue the remaining five missing policemen.”

He also said 53 suspects have been arrested in connection to the incident and are presently undergoing interrogation.

As a result of the sad incident, the Commissioner of Police has set up a high powered investigative panel, headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Investigation Department, to unravel the circumstances surrounding the entire incident”