BY NGOZI OKORIE
SUSPECTED assassins, on Wednesday, killed an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Calabar, Cross River State.
The senior police officer, identified as ACP Egbe Eko Edumwho, who was serving in No. 73 PMF Squadron, Magumeri, Borno State, was said to have come into Calabar to visit his family when he met his untimely death.
The incident was said to have occurred at about 1am, along the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incident.
The PPRO said, “He (ACP) alighted from a public transport and had called his wife to pick him up before he was attacked by the unknown men.
“We are investigating the incident. The family has recovered the body from the scene.”
“He is an Assistant Commissioner of Police who serves in Borno State. He is not serving here. I think he was coming to see his family here in Cross River. He arrived in Calabar at about 1:00am when the incident happened,” she added.
