mobile police officer had been shot to death in error.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Mr Alex
Akhigbe, who confirmed the incident, described the death of
the policeman an unfortunate.
"He was mistakenly shot by a member of the Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) during a shoot-
out with armed robbers inYenagoa.
"They were colleagues attached to the state special security
outfit known as Operation Door Akpor.
"The police received a distress call on Monday night that
armed robbers had attacked a popular petrol station at Edepie
Roundabout in the state capital.
"When the patrol team got there, the robbers opened fire on
sighting the police van.
"So, there was a shoot-out and in the process, the NSCDC
personnel mistakenly shot his patrol team colleague," Akhigbe
said.
Via: NAN
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