Rivers police arrest suspects involved in m#rder of two police officers

The Rivers State Police command has arrested three suspects linked to the grusome m#rder of two police officers who were attacked while conducting a stop-and-search operation within the Aluu Division area on June 29. 

Following the tragic incident, which claimed the lives of the two officers and resulted in the theft of their service AK-47 rifles, the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, CP Olugbenga Adewole Adepoju, immediately visited the Division and directed that all operational and intelligence assets of the Command be deployed to ensure the arrest of the perpetrators and the recovery of the stolen police firearms.

Acting on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, operatives of the Command’s violence crime response unit VCRU, (AKU) through credible intelligence and sustained tactical operations, arrested three members of the gang, one Maduabuchi Emeka (Male), alias “Doctor,” 34 years old, a native of Egbata Community, Omoku LGA, one Chinedu Owhor (Male), 42 years old, a native of Akabuka, Omoku LGA, resident of Aluu Community, one Kamachi Joe (Male), 28 years old, a native of Egbata Community, Omoku LGA.

Items recovered from the suspects includes three AK- 47 rifles and one scorpion rifle. 

Confirming the arrest to newsmen, the command’s spokesperson, ASP Blessing Agabe, said the suspect has also linked other murder cases currently under investigation. 

She said intensive efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fourth member of the gang, who is currently at large.