An Inspector in the Rivers State Police Command has committed suicide after he reportedly shot his colleague – Monday Gbaramana – dead.
The officer, known as Inspector Nelson Abuante, allegedly shot his colleague on Sunday in Nyogor-Lueku in the state’s Khana Local Government Area.
Both of them, who are assigned to the Command’s Taabaa Division, had gone to arrest a suspect in the neighbourhood after receiving a complaint from the suspect’s mother.
Trouble however started when the suspect Akere Akpobari resisted the attempt to arrest him. In the ensuing melee, Inspector Abuante accidentally shot Inspector Gbaramana.
Gbaramana sustained injuries and was immediately rushed to the hospital. But the matter worsened when the vehicle conveying them ran out of petrol, leading to Gbaramana’s death.
Once he realised this, Abuante turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.
In the wake of the incident, the police spokesperson in Rivers Grace Iringe-Koko said “both bodies have been deposited at the mortuary while investigations are ongoing”.