A mobile policeman was on Friday afternoon, shot dead in Effurun, Uvwie council area of Delta state.
The incident occurred at about 2:30p.m along the popular Jakpa Road.
Ekohotblog learnt that the cop rifle was also carted away by the arms-wielding hoodlums.
It was also gathered that the deceased officer was detailed to an unidentified man who had stopped by a shop along the road to purchase some items.
The hoodlums were said to have zoomed to the spot in a vehicle, shot him multiple times and made certain that he was dead before, driving away with his gun.
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When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed the incident, but could not give details about the deceased officer.
“It is true. I don’t have any information but the truth I that a mobile policeman was killed along Jakpa Road. But his details, where he is attached to, I don’t have for now,” the PPRO said.
At least five mobile policemen have been killed and their arms carted away within the past two months, in the state.
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