A police inspector identified as Nelson Abuante, has committed suicide after mistakenly killing a colleague, inspector Monday Gbaramana, while trying to arrest a suspect in Rivers State.
The unfortunate incident occurred at Nyogor-Lueku, in Khana Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday afternoon, December 17.
Raye24reporters gathered that trouble started when the two officers who are attached to the Taabaa division had gone to effect an arrest of one Mr. Akere Akpobari.
The suspect reportedly resisted arrest which led to a serious face-off between him and officers. While the argument lasted, inspector Abuante mistakenly shot his colleague Gbaramana.
Gbaramana was rushed to a hospital but the situation became worse when they ran out of fuel in the car that was conveying him to hospital. This eventually led to his death.
When Abuante found that his colleague was dead, he turned his rifle to himself and committed suicide.
The bodies of the two officers had been deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident.
Inringe-Koko said investigations were ongoing into the incident.
“Yes, the incident happened. We are investigating to unravel what really happened,” she said.
