Friday , March 29 2024

Gunmen Assassinate Police Guard, Personal Driver to APC Chieftain in Delta State

Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed a mobile policeman attached to a chieftain of the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress Chief Micheal Johnny, in Effurun area of the state.
 
The hoodlums also murdered a Personal Driver to the Politician who hails from Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area of the state
 
Gbenga Ahmed reports that the gunmen believed to be hired assassins were alleged to be after Chief Johnny and his wife but were not in the vehicle when the armed men struck at the popular Airport Junction in Effurun.
 
The incident occurred today when the late driver and the mobile policeman had just dropped the politician’s wife at an undisclosed church for Sunday service.
 
Eyewitnesses who spoke off-camera said the late policeman was shot twice by the gunmen and that both the driver and the mobile policeman, who were in the politician’s wife’s SUV died on the spot.
 
The Eyewitnesses added that the gunmen did not cart away any property including the official rifle of the deceased policeman from the vehicle.
In a reaction the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident, said no one was kidnapped during the ugly incident. He said the State Police command has commenced investigation into the attack.
 
When contacted, Chief Johnny, an APC leader, who spoke camera said the fleeing hoodlums were after him and his family and decried the killing of his driver and his police escort.
 
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