A scavenger identified as Nuhu was said to have caused chaos within the Chinda/Ada George axis of Port Harcourt, on Saturday 16 December, 2023, when he snatched an AK 47 rifle from a Police officer attached to Ex-Governor’s house.
According to a source, the said Nuhu, a popular scavenger was suspected to have taken a hard drug (Colos) ran with the Ak 47 riffle he snatched from the security personnel to Location road, off Chinda Way Mile 4, opposite Boropit where he began to shoot indiscriminately which resulted to the killing of another man said to be a scavenger as people scampered for safety.
Our source disclosed that Police officers arrived at the scene after Nuhu was said to have shot a man dead and the said Nuhu engaged the Police officers in shoot out but was neutralized by the Police while the Ak 47 riffle was retrieved by the security operative.
The source revealed that a Police officer from Ada George Police Division, Rupakani, and other officers came to retrieve the corpses of Nuhu and the other Man.
We gathered that before Nuhu went to snatch the Ak 47 riffle he had earlier chased other of his ethnic brothers with daggers.
The Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe Koko confirmed the shooting incident but said details are sketchy as at press time.