The Cross River State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Irene Ugbo on Thursday has confirmed the killing of four yet to identified Officers who were killed by hoodlums.
Ugbo while confirming the incident to newsmen said the State police Command has been thrown into grief and is very bitter about the ugly incident.
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She said: “It is quite unfortunate and we feel really sad and in mourning mood about the death of the four officers who lost their lives.
“We are investigating the matter and will surely root out the culprits no matter how far they run or hide, we must get them that I can assure you,” she said.
An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity disclosed that the incident occurred at about 1: 00am.
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“I stay just 100 meters away from the Police Check point where the incident happened, I finished watering my garden of vegetables at about 11 pm and went to bed, at about 12: 50am I started hearing gun shots.
“It lasted for few minutes and more than the usual because they usually shot in the air at night as a way to show they were on guard. When we woke up this morning was when we realized that four police have been killed and two rifles carted away.
“A joint team had come to inspect the place and also pick up the remaining two rifles at the scene of the incident,” he said.
It was learned that two inspectors and two sergeants were in the early hours of Thursday killed at a Check point along MCC – Idundung road, Calabar Municipality Local government area.
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