Police arrest ‘cultist’ officer who ‘shot colleague to death’

Kingsley Iyeke, a police officer in Cross Rivers state, has been arrested for shooting Edet Archibong, his colleague, to death during a cult clash in Calabar, the state capital.

Jimoh Ozi-Obeh, commissioner of police in the state, made this known on Monday, while briefing reporters on the activities of the command in the past one month.

Ozi-Obeh said after the incident, the police swung into action by tracing the cultists to their hideout.

He explained that during interrogating, one of the suspects confessed that Iyeke was a member of the deadly group, and that he was the one who shot the police inspector during the clash.

“It would be recalled that we lost one of our inspectors last month during an exchange of fire with some cultists here in Calabar,” he said.

“Majority of the suspects have been arrested. Our front line interrogation shows that one of our personnel, Corporal Kingsley Iyeke, was one of the cultists.

“After interrogating one of the arrested cultists, he confessed that Iyeke was their member and that he was the one that shot the inspector.

“During our trial, we found out that truly he was their member. We have dismissed him and he will face the full wrath of the law.”

Iyeke, 35, from Rivers, was attached to the Marine Police base in Calabar.

Responding to questions from reporters, Iyeke denied being a member of any cult group, saying that he was only being set up by the suspected cultists.