Gunmen on Sunday shot and killed a policeman
and one other person in Port Harcourt, the Rivers
State capital.
The incident, which happened on Sunday at about
7.45am, took place at Amadi-Ama Town, causing
pandemonium around the area as passers-by
scampered for safety.
Four armed men, according to an eyewitness,
stormed the area and shot at a policeman and a
youth suspect to be a member of a cult group.
The youth, who was in a pool of his blood after he
was hit by the armed gang, was later identified as
Gift, alleged to be a member of Greenlander.
It was learnt that while Gift died on the spot, the
policeman was said to have died after being
rushed to a nearby hospital within the state
capital.
The police, however, embarked on mass arrest
within the area, where the incident took place
following the killing of their colleagues.
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.