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Slain Rivers DPO Trusted Cultists, But They Decieved Him – CP

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, has revealed how the late Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada, Bako Angbashim, was deceived by the cultist group that killed him. Nwonyi on Monday told human rights advocate, Charles Jaja, during a solidarity protest to the state Police Command in Port Harcourt that the deceased trusted the […]

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September 12, 2023

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The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, has revealed how the late Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada, Bako Angbashim, was deceived by the cultist group that killed him.

Nwonyi on Monday told human rights advocate, Charles Jaja, during a solidarity protest to the state Police Command in Port Harcourt that the deceased trusted the cultist group when they said they were ready to turn in their arms if they would be granted amnesty in return.

According to the CP, it was rather unfortunate that while the late DPO, trusted the miscreants, it was unfortunate he could only realise in death it was a trap to kill him.

Naija News recalls that Angbashim, a Superintendent of Police, was killed on Friday by cultists terrorising the Odiemudie community in Ahoada East Local Government of Rivers State.

Giving more details about the death of Angbashim, the Rivers Police boss noted that “What pains me most was the idea of him (Angbashim) believing like he kept saying that these people said they were ready to surrender their guns and come out for amnesty.

“And he played to the gallery, only to know in death that these people were rather crafty in their operation and lured him for an onslaught.”

Expressing bitterness that death was not the price to pay for him to protect his community, the CP said, “We gave you (cultists) the opportunity to embrace peace, no personal interest attached than the interest we collectively have to make sure that Rivers State is peaceful.

“If you will not take it, was the option of killing this man the best? He has a family, he has children, and he has a wife. No! You have touched the lion’s tail. Those men must be caught to face the wrath of the law.

“We will be unrepentant until we put crime and criminality to its barest minimum in Rivers State.

“As police officers, if we left our family, our environment, our homes for a state or national duty like this, this is not the best trophy to take home.

“It is a clarion call for Nigeria, for Rivers State. It is a wake-up call against the barbaric act. In this 21st century, a man that is not a criminal, his only call was to come to sanitise society; that you should stop killing your fellow human beings, kidnapping your fellow human beings, destroying people’s property. That was the only crime.”

The CP also told citizens to take advantage of the N100 million bounty placed on the leader of the gang, Gift Okpara Okpolowu, aka 2 Face, to provide leading information to the police.

“I am saying that patriotic citizens should take advantage of that. Be a whistleblower and make the money, and also help to make sure we arrest these bad guys for your own interest and humanity,” he added.

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100 Million Bounty: Photo Of Suspected Killer Of Beheaded Rivers DPO Revealed

A photograph of the leader of the Iceland Cult gang, Gift David Okpara Okpolowu (a.k.a. 2-Baba), who allegedly brutally murdered a Divisional Police Officer, (DPO), Bako Angbashim of Ahoada Division in Rivers State has emerged online. Naija News reports that the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, had on Saturday declared Gift, David Okpara Okpolowu, popularly […]

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Naija News reports that the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, had on Saturday declared Gift, David Okpara Okpolowu, popularly known as 2-Baba, and all members of his criminal gang wanted for the murder of Angbashim.

The Rivers State Police Command vowed on Saturday to clamp down on the killers of Angbanshin, who are suspected to be the gang of 2 face.

Angbanshin was brutally murdered in the Odumude community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state, on Friday night, by suspected cultists.

The state Commissioner for Police in the state, Emeka Nwonyi, in a statement on Saturday, confirmed how Angbanshin was killed when he led a team of operatives to raid some criminal hideouts in the area.

Nwonyi narrated that while returning, gunmen suspected to be cultists ambushed them, and Angbanshin’s men retreated after running out of ammunition.

He explained that the late DPO sustained fatal injuries and was captured by the gunmen who took him away to murder him.

According to a Punch report on Friday, a viral video surfaced showing Angbanshin’s head, hand and private part separated with several deep machete cuts.

In the video, gunmen were reported to be chanting victory songs while one of the cultists, beamed torchlight on his face and said in Pidgin English, “DPO, finally na you be dis. Now, how far? “You (referring to Angnanshin) dey challenge Iceland. Who are those men? Iceland, are they dangerous?”

Reacting to the incident, the Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubari had charged security agencies in the state to smoke out the killers of late SP Bako Angbashim.

Governor Fubara, who spoke to journalists shortly after an emergency security council meeting at Government House, Port Harcourt, on Sunday, described the incident as unfortunate and barbaric.

He sympathized with the Nigerian Police and the family of the slain officer and vowed to make Rivers State unsafe for criminal activities.

“As a government, we will not rest until whoever is responsible for this act is brought to book,” the governor said.

Fubara, placed N100 million on the killers of Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim, in Odiemudie Community, Ahoada East local government area of the state.

Naija News learned that Governor Fubara declared one Gift, David Okpara Okpolowu, popularly known as 2-Baba, and all members of his criminal gang wanted for the murder of Angbashim.

The Governor promised to give anyone with useful information that would lead to his arrest and prosecution the sum of N100 million.

Meanwhile, with a bounty of N100 million on him, a photo of him reportedly surfaced on social media on Monday, even though its source could not be verified yet as of the time of filling this report.

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