The Rivers State Police Command said an Inspector was killed by gunmen who ambushed and attacked its men on a stop-and-search duty at the Eliozu flyover in Obio/Akpo Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday night.
Spokesperson for the state police command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday.
Iringe-Koko said the gunmen, who were spotted in a carton-coloured Sienna bus with fully tinted glasses, drove in from the Rumuodumaya area, near Port Harcourt where they launched the offensive which claimed the officer’s life.
She, however, said the operatives rose to the occasion and returned fire and neutralised one of the miscreants who wore mask, but that other gang members escaped by the whisker.