- By Halimah Olamide
A police operative was on Friday evening shot and killed in PortHarcourt, the Rivers state capital.
It was gathered that the police man was with his principal when a Toyota Corrola car pulled up and the assailants went for their target and killed him on the spot.;
NPO Reports could not confirm whether the policeman was the main target or his principal.
The assailants reportedly made away with the inspector’s AK-47 rifle and beret.
Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident in a short statement sent to Channels Television.
“Effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing hoodlums and recover the rifle,” the statement read.
The police spokesperson said the corpse of the inspector has been deposited at the Military Hospital in Port Harcourt for autopsy.