Rivers Election: Police Officer, Orderly ‘Beheaded’
Agency report
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that a deputy superintendent of Police, Alkali Mohammed, of the Mobile Police Unit 48 was beheaded along with his orderly at Ogba/Egbema/ Ndoni Local Council during Saturday’s Rivers rerun elections.
The General Officer Commanding the 6 Division in Port Harcourt Major General Kasimu Abdulkarim confirmed the incident.
“The patrol vehicle was taken away with weapons, three policemen escaped while five were missing in action.
”This is the same area where soldiers of 34 Brigade were ambushed on November 20, 2016 when a soldier was killed,” said
Abdulkarim.
“Also on November 21, 2016, four personnel of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were killed and their weapons carted away.
”These attacks are reasonable evidence of violations of breach of law and order, which portray the area as a flashpoint.
“He explained that Nigerian Army troops were in no way involved in any form of ballot box snatching, neither were they involved in the escort of politicians as alleged.
According to him, the army acted swiftly in response to security breaches in order to enforce the law, provide aid to the Nigeria Police and other security agencies especially in areas like Abonema, Etche, Gokhana, Ikwere, Eleme, Tai, Khana and Omoku, among others.
