The Police in Rivers State said no Divisional Police Officer was killed by gunmen in Port Harcourt.
DSP Nnamdi Omoni, the Police spokesman in the state, denied the rumour on Wednesday in a statement.
“No DPO was killed, please,” Omoni said.
The rumour of the killing of a DPO by gunmen at Iwofe area of Port Harcourt at about 9pm on Monday spread like wild fire in Port Harcourt.
Five policemen were kidnapped in a suburb in Port Harcourt while they were on official duty some months ago.
However, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Francis Odesanya, told a news conference three weeks ago that they would “soon reunite with their families”.