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From Tony John, Port Harcourt
Rivers State Police Command said it has identified and arrested its personnel suspected to have killed Mr. Peterside Ebikere in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Daily Sun gathered that the man was reportedly shot dead at close range, in the presence of his wife and three children.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, who made the disclosure, yesterday, said the suspect is a mobile police officer attached to 43 PMF, Gombe State, on a special operation in Rivers State.
Iringe-Koko said the Rivers Police Command received a complaint, on Monday, about the incident which occurred last Thursday, at Polis Road, Elelenwo, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.
She said from the complaint the command received from Peterside Ebikere (a female), the deceased died after some policemen had shot sporadically during a pandemonium at the scene of the incident.
The PPRO stated: “On Monday, August 7, 2023, at about 1330 hrs, Rivers State Police Command received a complaint from one Peterside Ebikere “F,” of Polis Road, Elelenwo, Port Harcourt, that on Thursday, August 3, 2023, at about 2200 hrs, while at a Bar/Lounge in company of her husband and three children, all of a sudden, pandemonium broke out, and in the midst of the confusion, mobile policemen from 43 PMF Gombe on special duty in Rivers State, on guard, fired several shots that hit her husband.
“He was rushed to Save-a-Life Hospital, where he was certified dead by the doctor on duty.”
Iringe-Koko confirmed that some policemen had been arrested and detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), in connection with the incident. She added further investigation was ongoing, and the outcome of the investigation would be made public.
Meanwhile, the body has been deposited at the Military Hospital Mortuary, Port Harcourt.
