Jonathan Okouromi, a police inspector with the Edo State Police Command, is claimed to have shot and killed Sergeant Abosele Akhere.
The event happened at 9 p.m. on Sunday in the Ikponwosa/Egban community in Edo’s Egor Local Government Area.
The Edo State Police Anti-Kidnapping Squad and the Control Intelligence Rapid Response Squad had joined forces to nab some alleged cults.
According to our source, suspected cultists have recently terrorized the Ikponwosa/Egban neighborhood.
During the operation, Sergeant Abosele Akhere apprehended a known cultist and primary suspect in cult-related operations, who was simply designated as “Raggae.”
“All of a sudden, Inspector Jonathan Okouromi just lifted his gun, pulled the trigger and shot Akhere from the back. Nobody knew what happened or why he did that. He just fired him from behind. The man fell immediately and started bleeding,” a reliable source told Platinum Times in a telephone conversation.
According to the source, who preferred not to be mentioned, the shot officer was rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, where he was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.
The said Inspector Okouromi was reported to have “escaped with his gun the moment he realised he had shot his junior colleague to death.”
Also, the arrested suspected cultist, Reggae also escaped, while one Mr Agbontaen Monday, a member Of the Eiye confraternity was arrested.
The fleeing Inspector Okouromi is still being searched for by the police in Ugbowo division, while the body of the slain police sergeant was deposited at the mortuary as the further investigation continues, it was learnt.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in Edo State, Chidi Nwabuzor, said he was on holiday.
“I am on holiday. When I get to the office tomorrow, I’ll get the details,” he said in a telephone interview with our correspondent.
Platinum Times recalls that a similar incident occurred in Rivers last week when one Inspector Nelson Abuante committed suicide after he mistakenly shot dead a colleague, one Inspector Monday Gbaramana, during an attempt to arrest a suspect in Rivers State.