The Rivers State Police Command says four suspected members of the cult gang that killed Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, SP Bako Angbashim have been killed by police operatives.
The state Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka, while parading some suspects at the Command’s headquarters at Moscow Road Port Harcourt, said on the 10th of September, 2023, the police acting on actionable intelligence invaded the hideout of David Okpara, popularly called 2Baba and his gang in Odeimude, community Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State.
CP Emeka noted that the Ahoada Area Command and other tactical units mobilized and stormed the forest where the hoodlums hid.
He said on sighting the police, the criminals engaged the police operatives in a fierce gun battle, leading to the murder of four of the cultists while some sustained bullet injuries and the arrest of three.