An eyewitness has given graphic account how a police sergeant was brutally murdered in Rivers state.
People were left in confusion after a police sergeant was brutally gunned down by unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers yesterday in the Waterlines area of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The policeman was later identified as Sergeant Sunday Adoga. It was gathered that the Adoga was killed by the suspected armed robbers, who were shooting sporadically in an attempt to flee, after a failed robbery operation on banks located along Olu Obasanjo Road in the Rivers State capital.
According to an eyewitness report, the robbers had gone to the area, to rob a particular bank, but were resisted by policemen guarding the particular bank, who were then joined by policemen attached to other banks located along Olu Obasanjo Road. While trying to escape, the robbers started shooting in the air to scare people.
The eyewitness said, “The armed robbers came to rob one of the banks located here in Olu Obasanjo Road, but they had a shootout with policemen guarding all the banks located on this road.”
“So, it seemed the combined power of all the policemen working in all the banks was more than that of the armed robbers and they escaped through different directions. I heard that two policemen were killed but I have not been able to confirm that.”