An Inspector attached to the Cross Rivers State Police Command has allegedly killed the wife of his colleague and injured two others in sporadic fatal shootings on Sunday.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar on Sunday.
She said that the policeman acted strangely before the shootings.
Ugbo said the officer, who was attached to Atakpa Divisional Police Station, had returned from a night beat at a microfinance bank before the shootings.
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She, however, said the police had arrested the suspect while the two injured victims were receiving medical attention.
NAN gathered that the officer started behaving strangely when he returned from night duty.
A source told NAN: “He blocked the gate of the station and refused everyone exit and entry into the facility.
“All efforts to disarm him through peaceful dialogue proved abortive.
“Tactical teams were mobilised to the scene, and he became apprehensive and started shooting sporadically.
“In the process, he shot three persons, including the deceased, aged 41 years and wife of a retired police officer, as well as two others.”
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