How Cultists Deceitfully Lured Murdere-d DPO, Bako Angbashim – Rivers CP Make Revelation

The Rivers State Police Commissioner, CP Emeka Nwonyi, has revealed how the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Bako Angbashin, played into the hands of his murd-erers.

ALL FACTS NEWSPAPER had reported that Angbashin was captured and  kil-led last Friday by suspected cultists after a gun duel as he and his men were on an operation in criminal hideouts in Odiemudie community, Ahoada East LGA.

The assailants cut off the DPO’s head, arms and manh00d.

Speaking on the sad incident on Monday, CP Nwonyi revealed that the cultists had pretended to be ready to surrender their arms in return for amnesty. Angbashin trusted their claim but fell into his untimely death.

“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.”

“they have touched the lion’s tail.”

“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.” the Commissioner said during a solidarity protest by a human rights advocate, Charles Jaja, at the headquarters of the state Police Command in Port Harcourt.

He continued;

“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 wake-up call against the barbaric act. In this 21st century, a man that is not a criminal, that 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.”

“It is a very painful time for us in the Command for losing one of our best hands.”

He thanked Governor Siminalayi Fubara for the N100m bounty placed on the prime suspect, Gift Okpara Okpolowu, and his members for anyone that could provide information that would lead to their arrest.

“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.”

Earlier, Jaja described Angbashim’s death as a sad incident, which underscored the solidarity protest.

He stated, “Angbashim was not someone that was not known to me, because I come from Opobo town and there were times he was very useful and helpful to the Opobo kingdom.

“He brought about sanity in our own senatorial district. And his death and the manner in which he was murdered left us without any measure, but to come and say we sympathize with the whole team.