Gunmen riding SUV kill 2 policemen, injure one in Port Harcourt

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 1:13 pm

Gunmen (file photo)

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt

Gunmen riding in a Highlander SUV at about 9.30 pm on Tuesday evening shot and killed two policemen at Elioparawon Junction of Ada George road in Obio Akpor local area of Rivers State.

Eyewtnesses said the gunmen trailed the policemen in a white salon car before shooting them point blank. The gunmen sped off into the thick darkness of the night thereafter.

Eyewitnesses said the sound of the gun caused panic. in the neighbourhood with residents and shop owners scampering for safety.

Those who summoned courage to run to the scene of the incident few minutes after the departure of the gunmen found out that two Policemen were already dead on the spot, while another was nursing bullet wounds and in critical condition.

Policemen later rushed to the scene and evacuated the corpses of their colleagues and the injured.

When contacted,the Spokesman of the Rivers State Police Command, DSP Nnamdi Omoni confirmed the incidentand said that investigation has commenced assuring the Toyota Highlander SUV had been identified and the assailants wouldbe tracked down.

He said: “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 corpses at the mortuary, investigations have commenced to track down the perpetrators of that evil act against police men who were on their duties, we must get them.”

It would be recalled that a soldier in mufti was shot dead by some policemen attached to Ada George Police Station by Elioparawon axis on the May 17 leading to the sacking of te Ada George Police Station and arrest of the Divisional Police Officer ,DPO.

The situation caused pandamonium in the area.

Calm was restored after the intervention of both the Army and Police high commands in state