Eric Olusesan/Port Harcourt
There was pandemonium on Saturday, December 16,2023 at Chinda/Ada George when a man known as Nuhu reportedly snatched an Ak 47 rifle from one of the conventional security guard attached to the house of ex-Governor at Ada George road PortHarcourt.
We gathered that the said Nuhu, a popular scavenger suspected to have taken hard drug (Colos) ran with the Ak 47 rifle he snatched from the security personnel to Location road off Chinda way, at Mile 4, opposite Boropit.
Reports have it that immediately immediately he ran with gun, he began to shoot indiscriminately, which resulted to the death of another man said to be a scavenger, while other people scampered for safety .
Our source disclosed that Police officers arrived the scene after Nuhu was said to have shot a man dead and said he engaged the Police officers in shoot out but was neutralized while the Ak 47 riffle was retrieved by the security operative.
Video obtained and seen by our reporter showed the dead body of Nuhu and the other Man.
The source revealed that Police officer from Rumukpakani(Ada George Police Division) and other officers came to retrieve the two corpse.
We gathered that before Nuhu snatched the Ak 47 rifle he was chasing one of his ethnic brothers with dagger in the morning.
The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe Koko confirmed the shooting incident.
In press statement SP Iringe-Koko 9 on December 17th, 2023, at about 1500 hrs received a message from DPO Rumukpakani Division that one hoodlum, identity yet unknown, ran towards Inspector Ade Rotimi attached to the APC pin-down point by Ada George Road with three others, suddenly stabbed him multiple times on his head, and collected his rifle.
He also injured one inspector, Bala Yusuf on his hand and ran towards the Boro Pit Area. He started firing indiscriminately and shot a man yet to be identified.
He was given a hot chase by the policemen on duty, and he became more violent. Therefore, officers fired to subdue him.
The snatched rifle was recovered from him, while the injured hoodlum, the lifeless body of the person he shot, and the two injured police officers were taken to the hospital.
The two unknown persons shot were confirmed dead by the doctor on duty, while the corpses were deposited at UPTH Mortuary for autopsy.
The two police officers are responding to treatment at the hospital.
SP Iringe-Koko assured that an investigation is ongoing.