- By Halimah Olamide
A Divisional Police Officer in Ahoada Rivers state, SP Bako Angbashim, has been beheaded by yet to be identified criminals in what has gone down as one of the most gruesome killings in recent time.
The incident reportedly occurred on Friday night Odumude Community in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. throwing the community into panic.
Agbashim was said to have previously served at Bori Police Divisional Headquarters in Khana LGA.
He was reputed to have restored peace in the community standing uncompromising to all cultists.
He was deployed to Ahoada communities earlier this year because of the activities of cult groups operating in the area.
Ahoada communities including Odumude, Odumereni, Odemusoma and Ihugbogo, Odieke and others have been at the mercy of cultists, spurring the police to take one of its best, Bako, to the area.
Cultists operating in the area had reportedly warned residents not to report any criminal incident in the area to security agencies.
It was learned that Bako upon resumption of duty had mounted pressure on the cultists, sacking them from their camps, while some of the cult leaders out of pressure willfully surrendered their arms.
But, on Friday, the cultists in the area re-mobilised back to the forest with the aid of a spiritualist and killed the leader of the special team, Bako.
The Rivers State Police Command has described the development as unfortunate, adding that the culprits must be brought to book.