By Desire Emmanuel
An Inspector attached to the Rivers State Police Command was said to have gone berserk, shot another Inspector to death and injured other police officer while they were on guard duty. He is currently in detention and expected to face trial.
The incident occurred on Sunday, January 18, when the Inspector, Victor Okus, attached to the 17 Police Mobile Force Unit of the command, suddenly aimed his gun at the officers, shooting one in the head and the other in the neck.
According to the accounts of the Unit Commander of the 14 Police Mobile Force, Yola, DSP Turaki Hassan and preliminary investigations, the incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. at Next Cash and Carry Supermart, Trans-Amadi, Port Harcourt, where the two victims, Inspector Ibrahim Sani and Inspector Daniel Dauda, attached to 14 PMF, Yola, were on joint guard duty with military personnel in Rivers State.
Inspector Okus was said to have become angry over an undisclosed matter, shot the two officers on the head and neck regions.
They were promptly rushed to Nopsam Hospital for wedical treatment, where Inspector Sani, who was shot in the head, succumbed to his injuries, while Inspector Dauda is still receiving medical treatment. The corpse has been deposited at the Military Hospital Mortuary, Port-Harcourt for autopsy.
“The Commissioner of Police in the state has directed an investigation into the incident, while the officer is expected to face an orderly room trial and will be subsequently charged to court for prosecution,” the state police command said in a statement on Monday, January 19.
