A police officer who served Bayelsa State Police Command while on patrol duty around Tombia junction in the state capital was Monday shot dead by suspected cultists.
The killing, it was gathered, occurred around 5 p.m.
A statement by DSP Asinim Butswat, spokesman of Bayelsa Police Command, who confirmed the killing, said the killers were, however, unable to steal his service rifle.
Butswat said: “A policeman was shot dead at Tombia. He was shot while the unit patrol vehicle was caught in a traffic jam. He came down to help with the heavy traffic and was shot by the suspected cultists.”
