Police rescue, arrest killer of DPO in Rivers State

The Rivers State Police command has arrested a suspect who was said to be involved in the gruesome killing of SP Bako Angbashim, a Divisional Police Officer in the Ahoada Local Government Area of the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said the suspect who is under police custody was arrested in Edoaha community in Ahoada while he was about to be lynched to death by angry mob.

Iringe-Koko said, “The Rivers State Police operatives on Monday, around 7.43pm, acting on actionable information, received that in Edoaha Community in Ahoada East, one of the suspects who brutally killed SP Bako Angbashim was about to be lynched to death by an angry mob.

“Subsequently, a team of policemen swung into action to rescue the suspect, who was about to be burnt with a tyre on his neck. He was rescued and brought to the station where he made a useful statement.

“He was later transferred to SCID for discrete investigation with a view to apprehend the fleeing kingpin, his gang members, and to recover their operational weapons.”