Gunmen ambush, kill DPO in Delta

Unknown gunmen have killed a divisional police officer (DPO) of the Agbarho division in Delta state.

Bright Edafe, the police spokesperson in Delta state, confirmed the incident to TheCable and added that the DPO of Orerokpe division also sustained gunshot injuries from the attack.

Edafe did not give details of the attack and the victims’ names, noting that their families had not been informed of the incident.

“The command is still compiling names of the victims, and the families of the victims are yet to be informed of the incident, so it would be unfair that they find out on the pages of newspapers,” the police spokesperson told TheCable.

Punch reported that a kidnapping syndicate laid an ambush that killed the DPO on Monday, two days after the victim identified as chief superintended of police (CSP) Jega resumed office at the division.

In 2023, Bako Angbashim, a DPO in Rivers, was killed when his team ran into an ambush laid by Gift Okpara, a serial kidnapper otherwise known as 2Baba.

At the time, Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, placed a N100 million bounty on the suspected kidnapper and his gang for the murder of the DPO.