Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have killed four suspects linked to the killing of the Divisional Police Officer, Ahoada Police Division, Bako Angbashim, a Superintendent of Police in a gun battle as the leader of the gang, Gift Okpara, aka 2 Baba escaped.
The Command’s Commissioner, CP Emeka Nwonyi, disclosed this development when he spoke with newsmen on Tuesday.
At a briefing where he also paraded other arrested suspects, Nwonyi said the battle ground with the cult members was Odumude community in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State.
He stated: “On 10th of September, 2023 at about 10:30hrs, actionable intelligence revealed that a gang of notorious Iceland cultists, armed robbery suspects and kidnappers led by one Gift David Okpara, who led his notorious gang to brutally murder SP Bako Angbashim, the DPO of Ahoada on 8th September, 2023 were in their hideout in Odumude forest in Ahoada West LGA.
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“Following the information, a combined team of Command Tactical Operatives and Area Command Ahoada stormed the forest in an effort to arrest the notorious hoodlums and possibly recover the corpse of the late officer.
“The hoodlums were battle-ready to inflict more injuries and casualties on police, immediately engaging the police in a fierce gun battle, during which four of the notorious hoodlums who are yet-to-be identified sustained fatal gun injuries while others escaped into the forest.
“The suspects were arrested and a locally made pistol was recovered from them. Meanwhile, the four notorious criminals who sustained injuries were rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital for medical attention but were confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.
“Operation is still ongoing, to be sustained to arrest the notorious gang leader and others.”