Rivers Re-run Election: Senior Police Officer And Orderly Killed, 5 Others Missing

Alkali Mohammed, a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), met his untimely death in the hands of suspected hoodlums in the Omoku area of Rivers state, on Saturday.

Mohammed’s orderly, who was with him at the time of the unfortunate incident, was also killed,

Kasimu Abdulkarim, commander of 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, disclosed this in a statement.

He said the attackers laid ambush for the deceased officers, who were on duty during the legislative rerun exercise.

Abdulkarim added that while three policemen escaped, five officers had been declared missing.

#Nigeria: Alkali Mohammed, DSP @PoliceNG, was killed in #RiversRerun with 2 colleagues. 5 others reportedly missing pic.twitter.com/6LMFHK3KEz

— RightsAfrica (@chairmanNHRC) December 11, 2016

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