An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mathew Akpos, has been murdered
by gunmen in police uniforms close to the OMPADEC school field in Amarata suburb of
Yenagoa.
This
was as unidentified gunmen on Wednesday invaded Rumukwachi community
in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State and abducted two
residents.
The
yet to be known gunmen who visited the community made away with one
Mr. Lucky Amadi and Mr. Rotimi, his neighbour.
It
was gathered that stray bullets from the gunshots fired by those who
attacked Akpos allegedly hit an elderly woman on the leg and in the
stomach, before she was reportedly rushed to the Federal Medical
Centre, FMC, where doctors were said to be battling to save her life.
An
eye witness and resident of the area who identified the gunmen as
“Special Police Squad” from an unknown police division said: “The
gunmen dressed like men of special police squad. They wore the
outfits of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and police
bullet-proof vests and drove into the community in a black Hilux
vehicle before hitting their target.
“There
were gunshots all over the place. I was at a supermarket directly
opposite the scene of the incident. The way they drove into the
community was suspicious and sent panic waves all over the place. The
gunshots caused commotion in the area as people even youths who were
playing football abandoned the game and scampered for safety.”
Another
source from the community said the gunmen trailed the victim to the
area and wanted to force him into their vehicle, adding that while
Akpos was being dragged into the car, he resisted his assailants and
in the process pulled out his pistol from its casing.
However,
he said: “One of the gunmen, who was standing close to the Hilux
van, immediately pulled out his gun and shot the victim.”
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