Gunmen kill police officer, burn patrol vehicle in Delta community
Unknown gunmen Wednesday attacked policemen on duty along Otulu-Akwukwu Igbo road, killing a policeman and burning a patrol vehicle.
Detectives have arrested the kingpin in the brutal attack.
The state police boss, Ari Mohammed Ali is said to be furious over the attack and killing of one of its operatives.
He has, however, ordered officer to fish out the killers.
According to Delta State police spokesman, DSP Bright Dafe, “It was an attack perpetrated by some hoodlums from Akwuku-Igbo community, they killed one of our personnel, but the good thing is that, the ring-leader has been arrested and currently in custody, investigation is on.”
On May 9 2021, Gunmen killed 12 police officers in weekend attacks targeting security agents in two of Nigeria’s oil-producing states in the Niger River Delta in an escalating conflict fueled by secessionist tensions.
Seven of the officers were killed in Rivers State in the southern part of the country, the police confirmed in an emailed statement on Sunday. Authorities have blamed previous incidents on the vigilante arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra, which is seeking to break away from the country.