The Bayelsa State Police Command
has confirmed the attacks on its men on vehicular patrol by gunmen which claimed
the life of a Police Sergeant, a Corporal, with a civilian sustaining injuries
along Kolo 2, Ogbia Local Government on Tuesday.
The Police confirmed the report
in a statement signed by the Bayelsa Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Asinim Butswat.
The Police stated that the
injured civilian is responding to treatment in an undisclosed Hospital.
The Police Image maker claimed
that policemen intercepted a vehicle allegedly conveying suspected militants
based on a tip off but two of the suspects resisted attempt by the policemen to
search their vehicle.
DSP Buswat noted that the police
arrested and handcuffed two of the suspects.
“In the ensuing uproar, members
of the community gathered around the vehicle and rescued the arrested suspects
and the Policemen were attacked.”
DSP Butswat said, “the crowd was
partly responsible for the attack on the Policemen.”
DSP Butswat further enjoined
members of the public to assist the Police in fighting crime rather than
complicating police investigations.
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Those people that rescued the suspect were the ones that sold the oil to the suspect, they know about the crime, police should becareful of that village if that is the case
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