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From Tony John, Port Harcourt
Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Effiong Okon, has ordered an immediate clampdown and arrest of some gunmen, who shot dead a policeman around Marine Base Junction, Port Harcourt on Thursday evening.
State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police (SP), said CP Okon had deployed tactical teams and other intelligence unit with a view to arresting the perpetrators of the crime and bring them to justice.
The incident occurred barely an hour before the state police command called for a peaceful Easter celebration, assuring residents of the provision of adequate security and their safety during and after the celebration.
Saturday Sun gathered that there was pandemonium around Marine Base Junction, when the gunmen attacked a police checkpoint, shot and killed one of the officers on duty.
The group behind the operation and the motive for the attack could not be ascertained, but a source in the area disclosed that the perpetrators were the boys that indulge in illegal oil business popularly known as “Kpo fire”.
