A police officer in the Rivers State Police Command, Inspector Nelson Abuante took his own life after allegedly shooting his fellow officer, Monday Gbaramana dead.
Both of the policemen, who were assigned to the Taabaa Division of the Command, went to arrest a suspect in the village on Sunday at Nyogor-Lueku in the Khana Local Government Area of the state after receiving a complaint from the suspect’s mother.
According to information obtained, difficulties arose when Akere Akpobari, the suspect, resisted being taken into custody.
Due to the fight that resulted from his resistance, Abuante unintentionally shot Gbaramana.
Gbaramana was immediately rushed to the hospital. However, it was alleged that the vehicle conveying them to the hospital ran out of petrol, leading to his death.
Abuante, on the other hand, shot himself with his rifle after his colleague was confirmed dead.
The spokesperson of the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident.
She said, “Both corpses have been deposited in the mortuary while investigation is ongoing.”
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