A N100 million reward has been placed on Gift David Okpara Okpolowu, also known as 2-Baba, and other members of his gang in connection with the brutal killing of Divisional Police Officer Bako Angbashim, according to Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Saturday.
The DPO was slain on Friday night in an operation with his men in the Odiemudie Community, Ahoada East local government area of the state, according to Platinum Times.
In a statement he personally signed, Governor Fubara announced the bounty and promised to personally reward anyone who provided information that resulted in the capture and punishment of the perpetrator with N100m.
The governor claims that the main suspect in the DPO’s murder is also responsible for kidnapping and terrorism in other regions of the state.
“First, the prime suspects, Mr. Gift David Okpara Okpolowu (a.k.a. 2-Baba) and all members of his criminal gang are hereby declared wanted.
“Secondly, a bounty of one hundred million (N100,000,000.00) naira is hereby placed on his head for anyone who gives useful information that would lead to his arrest and prosecution.
The governor also announced an indefinite suspension of a monarch, Eze Cassidy Ikegbidi, over alleged complicity in the murder of the DPO.
“Thirdly, His Majesty, Eze Cassidy Ikegbidi Eze Igbu Akoh II, is hereby suspended indefinitely for acts of complicity in ceding control of his territory to the notorious David Gift and his gang to freely operate and carry out their criminal activities”, he said.