Police inspector flees after killing sergeant over cultist arrest in Edo

Jonathan Okouromi, an Edo State Police Command inspector, is accused of shooting and killing Sergeant Abosele Akhere.

The incident occurred on Sunday at 9 p.m. in the Ikponwosa/Egban settlement in Edo’s Egor Local Government Area.

The Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Edo State Police and the Control Intelligence Rapid Response Squad has joined forces to apprehend several accused 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 our newspaper 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

Recall 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