On September 8, a dangerous cult gang murdered Angbashim in Rivers.
a combination of the suspect and Bako Angbashim, the dead DPO.
One of the suspects connected to the murder of Mr. Bako Angbashim has been taken into custody by police officers in Rivers State.
On September 8, Superintendent of Police Angbashim was leading his men to raid criminal hideouts in the Odemude community of the state’s Ahoada West Local Government Area when they were ambushed by a dreaded cult group led by Okpara. They opened fire, eventually capturing them, capturing Angbashim’s body, beheading him, and filming their action.
The State Police Command, led by Commissioner of Police Emeka Nwonyi, has been looking for the criminals ever since the event.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Command’s public relations officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, announced the arrest of one of the suspects.
She claimed that before police officers intervened, the culprit was ready to be lynched by the teenagers.
“The Rivers State Police operatives on Monday, 25/09/2023 at about 19:43hrs acting on actionable information received that in Edoaha Community in Ahoada East, one of the suspects who brutally killed SP Bako Angbashim was about to be lynched to death by an angry mob,” she said.
A group of police officers then sprang into action to save the culprit, who was set to be burned while wearing a tyre around his neck. After being saved and taken to the police, he provided a helpful statement.
He was subsequently assigned to SCID for a covert investigation with the goal of catching the eluding kingpin and his gang members and reclaiming their operating weapons.
