Police Nab Suspect Involved In Gruesome Murder Of Ahoada DPO, Bako Angbashim

CHUKA UBAH 

Police operatives from the Bayelsa State Command, on Saturday, 18th November, 2023, arrested one of the suspects involved in the murder of the former Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Ahoada Division, Rivers State, late Bako Angbashim, a Superintendent of Police.

P.M.EXPRESS reports as was disclosed by the Command’s spokesperson, CSP Asinim Butswat.

The suspect, Onyekachi Okowa, said to be the second in command to Tubaba of the Iceland cult group, was nabbed in a hideout in Yenagoa, the state capital, following credible intelligence.

“Police operatives in Bayelsa State have nabbed one of the killers of Late SP Bako Angbashim, former Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division, Rivers State.

“The suspect one Onyekachi Ikowa ‘m’ 43 years, the second in command to TuBaba of the dreaded Icelander cult group, was arrested on 18 November 2023 based on credible intelligence that he was hibernating in Yenagoa after participating in the callous murder of Late SP Bako Angbashim, in September 2023.

The Commissioner of Police Bayelsa State Command, CP Francis Iduh, has charged Police operatives to fish out any of his cohorts, who are hiding in Bayelsa State.

He stressed that the Bayelsa Command under his watch would not be a haven for criminals to hide.

The suspect has been handed over to the Rivers Police Command for further investigation.