Police Recover Remains Of Murdered Rivers DPO

Slain Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim

The Police have recovered the remains of the former Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO) SP Bako Angbashim, who was killed by cultists.

News Rider reports that Angbashim was reportedly murdered by infamous Iceland cult leader, Gift Okpara also known as 2Baba.

The police later gunned down the criminal mastermind two years after a N100 million bounty was placed on him.

Spokesperson of Rivers Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko said on Wednesday in Port Harcourt that the slain officer was recovered on March 10, following a well-coordinated joint search operation led by tactical squads and personnel from the Force Intelligence Bureau.

She disclosed that the operation targeted the camp of the deceased cult leader located inside the forest of Odiemude community in Ahoada.

“Through diligent search efforts, a burial site within the gang’s shrine was discovered, where the remains of Angbashim were located and subsequently exhumed.

“One of the remains exhumed was the deceased skull, which has been taken to the mortuary for scientific examination and genetic testing,” she added.

Iringe-Koko stated that DNA samples would be compared with those obtained from the late officer’s relatives for identification.

In addition, she disclosed that the police are working to locate and retrieve the remaining dismembered body parts that was suspected to have been buried at undisclosed locations within the forest.

“It is important to note that 2Baba, the gang leader responsible for this heinous crime, met his end on February 17, 2024, during a planned assault by the Rivers State Police Command.

“After 2Baba’s death, his gang escaped with his body, but the police successfully recovered his remains buried inside a shallow grave in Ebrass forest after a seven-day intensive search,” she said.

Iringe-Koko informed that the police have launched a manhunt for the other members of the gang, assuring of their arrest.

She disclosed that the Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Olatunji Disu commended the officers involved in the operation and thanked the residents of the area for their support.

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