Rivers Police Investigate Alleged Officer’s Suicide In Port Harcourt
Rivers State Police Command says it has commenced investigation into the death of a police officer who allegedly took his own life in Port Harcourt.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, said the command received a report about an officer who allegedly killed himself.
“However, we are currently investigating the report to ascertain what transpired,” she stated.
Iringe-Koko informed that the State Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, for a thorough investigation.
A viral reports on Monday indicated that Insp. Maxwell Zabu, formerly a Security Detail to a former chairman of Obio/Akpor Council, Victor Ihunwo, allegedly shot himself at Ihunwo’s residence in Eagle Island, Port Harcourt.
It was gathered that the matter was reported to Azikiwe Police Division in the area, and detectives visited the scene as part of preliminary investigation procedures.
