By: Felix Ikpotor
Three persons were reportedly killed Sunday night, when suspected gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The incident occurred at the Captain Amangala bustop, Borikiri in the Old Port Harcourt Township axis of the city
Names of the victims could not be immediately ascertained at the time of this report.
Reason for the attack is yet unknown but residents of the area said the gunmen stormed the place and shot sporadically at the officers who were on duty leading to the death of two of them while another civilian was hit by a stray bullet from the assassins’ gun.
The residents who would not want their names in print said they are living in fear at the moment as they suspect that men of the Rivers State Police Command may storm the area to carryout mass arrest.
“We don’t know where exactly they came from but all we heard was gunshots and we all ran inside. By the time it subsided we came out to see two officers and one other person dead. Right now, we are even afraid because we don’t know if police will come for arrest in the night”.
Inquiries by PHSpectator on the incident were yet to be responded to by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nnamdi Omoni, at the time of this report.
