The Rivers State Police Command has announced that five policemen are missing.
The command in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Mohammad said the five officers got missing after they were ambushed in the early hours of Wednesday 25/05/2016 at the Okujagu community, Okrika Local Government.
The present state of the policemen has remained a mystery.
Mohammad said the policemen went to Okujagu community on a routine police inquiry when they were ambushed by unknown gunmen before they could disembark from the boat that ferried them; “they were bombarded with a barrage of heavy gunfire which forced them to scamper for cover and by the time the firing ended, six policemen comprising two inspectors and four other rank and file could not be accounted for but a day after Inspector Aferuan Imoukhuede who was among the missing policemen was rescued.”
He said string operations by the command are still in the top gear to rescue the remaining five missing policemen.
In the meantime, the command stated that “53 suspects have been arrested in connection to the incident and are presently undergoing interrogation.
“The Commissioner of Police has set up a high powered investigative panel headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Investigation Department to unravel the circumstances surrounding the entire incident.”
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