Gunmen shoot Police inspector dead in Rivers, steal service rifle, beret

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Port Harcourt, Rivers State – Some unknown gunmen have shot a police orderly (name withheld) dead in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.

Channels TV cited eyewitnesses as saying the sad incident occurred around the popular Landmark hotel at Olu Obasanjo Road on Friday night, August 25.

Legit.ng gathers that the male police inspector was escorting his principal when he was shot.

The assailants also reportedly made away with the inspector’s AK-47 rifle and beret.

Rivers police confirm incident

Meanwhile, the Rivers state police command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, has confirmed the incident, Daily Trust also reported.

She said effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing hoodlums and recover the rifle.

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