Soldiers storm Port Harcourt police station, arrest DPO over murder of colleague
There was confusion along Ada George Road in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, on Thursday morning, as soldiers took over the Rumukpakani Police station, reportedly in response to the killing of their colleague by a policeman.
A group of angry soldiers stormed the Police station and arrested the Divisional Police Officer, DPO.
The murdered soldier, said to be on mufti, was reportedly shot near the Police station by one of the policemen on duty.
It all began after a policeman shot and killed a soldier following an argument along Ada George Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
Two soldiers who lodged at a hotel in Rumukpakani were said to have gone in search of food in the community, Cable reports. One of the soldiers had a gun and residents alerted the police to a man carrying a gun in the neighborhood. The soldiers were on mufti at the time, so the policemen had no idea who they were. They asked the soldiers to follow them to the station but they refused and an argument ensued. It got heated and a policeman opened fire, killing one of the soldiers. The other soldier ran back to inform his colleagues.
Pandemonium broke out following the shooting and Ada George Road was locked down.
Once soldiers got news of the death of their colleague, they stormed the police station closest to the scene of the shooting and arrested the Divisional Police Officer and the murder suspect.
The murdered soldier, said to be on mufti, was reportedly shot near the Police station by one of the policemen on duty.
It all began after a policeman shot and killed a soldier following an argument along Ada George Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
Two soldiers who lodged at a hotel in Rumukpakani were said to have gone in search of food in the community, Cable reports. One of the soldiers had a gun and residents alerted the police to a man carrying a gun in the neighborhood. The soldiers were on mufti at the time, so the policemen had no idea who they were. They asked the soldiers to follow them to the station but they refused and an argument ensued. It got heated and a policeman opened fire, killing one of the soldiers. The other soldier ran back to inform his colleagues.
Pandemonium broke out following the shooting and Ada George Road was locked down.
Once soldiers got news of the death of their colleague, they stormed the police station closest to the scene of the shooting and arrested the Divisional Police Officer and the murder suspect.
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