The Edo State Police Command, on Friday, vowed to apprehend and convey to e book the killer of Inspector Onuh Akoh.
Akoh was killed by suspected armed thugs alongside the Airport Street in Benin Metropolis on Thursday.
The slain Policeman was the Orderly to the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate within the State, Senator Monday Okpebholo. He met his premature demise when he was hit by a bullet when suspected political thugs shot on the convoys of the reinstated Deputy Governor of the State, Phillip Shaibu, and that of Okpebholo, whereas droving out of the Benin Airport in Benin Metropolis.
The Command, in a press release by its Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Chidi Nwabuzor, additionally commiserated with the household of the slain Police officer simply because it urged members of the general public to remain calm, assuring that investigation will unravel these behind the assault.
“It was mentioned that on the aforementioned date and time, Rt. Hon. Philip Shuaibu and Sen. Monday Okpebholo arrived at Benin Airport from the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, the place their supporters rally spherical to welcome them.
“Immediately, some hoodlums suspected to be political thugs emerged from nowhere with weapons and different harmful weapons and began taking pictures sporadically. Within the course of, bullets hit a Police Inspector, Insp Onuh Akoh, a personnel of No. 45 Police Cellular Power Abuja connected to Sen. Monday Okpebholo. The Police Inspector gave up the ghost on the best way to the hospital for therapy and his physique deposited on the navy hospital in Benin Metropolis.
“The CP desires to make use of this unhappy second to enchantment to most people to stay calm, proceed to be law-abiding residents, and go about their lawful companies that the Police and different Sister Safety businesses are in agency management of the safety conditions within the state.
“He subsequently warns legal and incogitant parts within the state to desist from any act able to breaking down the legislation and order or undermining the inviolable sanctity of the peace within the state.
“The CP reiterates the command’s inexhaustible commitments in defending the lives and property of the law-abiding residents of Edo State and most people. He, nevertheless, vows to arrest, title, disgrace, and convey to e book the perpetrators of this dastardly act,” the PPRO said.
