A group of armed robbery gang have shot dead the Divisional Police Officer of Rivers State command while he was returning from a trip.
The late Kingsley Chukwueegu
Dreaded armed robbers have reportedly shot dead the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Rumuorlumeni Police Division Rivers State, Superintendent Kingsley Chukwueegu.
The gallant officer on his way back from a trip was attacked and later shot by armed robbers/kidnappers while trying to escape. He later died at the University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital UPTH in Rivers state.
He is survived by his wife, Children and relatives. The Commissioner Of Police Rivers State, CP Zaki Ahmed has described the deceased as an Ebullient Officers.
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Zaki Ahmed, has launched a manhunt for the killers of SP Kingsley Chukwuegu, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Rumuolumeni Police Station in the state.
A statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday by DSP Nnamdi Omoni, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, said the commissioner had promised to arrest the killers.
Omoni also said that the commissioner had already led a delegation of senior police officers to commiserate with the wife of the deceased officer and other family members.
“With a deep sense of loss, the Police Command in Rivers announces the sudden death of SP Kingsley Chukwuegu who died in the early hours of Monday.
“Until his death he was the DPO, Rumuolumeni Police Station. The Commissioner of Police has this morning led a delegation of Senior Police Officers to commiserate with his wife and other members of his family.
“The commissioner has launched a serious man-hunt for the perpetrators of the dastardly act and promised to fish them out soonest,” the spokessman said.