Police officer Commits Su!cide After Killing his Colleague In Rivers State

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A Policeman, Inspector Nelson Abuante, has killed himself after he mistakenly shot dead a colleague, one Inspector Monday Gbaramana, during an attempt to arrest a suspect in Rivers State.

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It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday afternoon at Nyogor-Lueku, Khana Local Government Area of the state.

The two officers attached to Taabaa Division were said to have gone to Nyogor-Lueku to arrest one Mr. Akere Akpobari over some allegations made against him by his mother.

Mr Akere resisted arrest, leading to a brawl between him and the two Inspectors who came to arrest him.

In the course of the altercation, Inspector Nelson Abuante mistakenly shot Gbaramana and he sustained serious injuries. So, Abuante and Akere’s mother tried to rush the injured officer to the hospital,” a source said.

But, on the way to the hospital, the car conveying them ran out of fuel and Inspector Monday died in the process.

“Immediately Abuante discovered that his colleague had died, he carried his gun and shot himself to death,”

The bodies of the two officers had been deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.