Gunmen kill policeman, one other, in Port Harcourt

Gunmen in the early hours of Sunday shot and killed a policeman and one other person in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Punch reports that the incident took place at about 7.45am at Amadi-Ama Town.

An eyewitness said four armed men stormed the area and shot at a policeman and a youth suspected to be a member of a cult group.

The youth, simply identified as Gift was reported to have died on the spot while the policeman was said to have died after being rushed to a nearby hospital within the state capital.

The police was also reported to have embarked on mass arrest within the area following the killing of their colleague.

According to the Punch report,

The wife of one of those arrested by the police, Mrs. Seline Koko, disclosed that security operatives took away her husband while he was ironing his clothes.
Pleading with the police to release her husband, Mrs. Koko maintained that her husband knew nothing about the incident at Amadi Town.
“I am appealing that the police should release my husband because he does not know anything about what happened. He was ironing some clothes when the police came and arrested him. I have gone to some police stations around the place, but my husband is not there,” she said.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ahmad Mohammad, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that 25 persons were arrested in connection with the killing of a policeman and a suspected cultist.