Delta State: Joint force recovers corpses of police officers killed by herdsmen

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The corpses of some of the police officers drafted to rescue three missing officers in Ohoror community, have been recovered.

According to reports, the recovery was done by a combined team of security agents and the local vigilantes in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the Delta state who on stormed the forest on Sunday and Monday

It will be recalled that on January, 24, 2024, three police officers at a nipping point in Ohoror community, Ughelli North, Delta State, were detailed following a distressed call by one Moses Progress now at large, who was allegedly robbed by suspected herdsmen while performing sacrifice to the gods of the river under a bridge close to the nipping point.

The three officers, all Inspectors, who responded to the distressed call, never returned till date.
The alleged killing of the six officers and 15 others currently missing was confirmed by a Police Inspector, who escaped from the herdsmen captivity days later while making his entry.

Despite police authorities in Delta State keeping quite over the incidence, corpses of some of the killed officers were recovered between Sunday and Monday by combined team of local vigilante members from the forest.

It was gathered that operational huts of the suspected killer Fulani herdsmen were destroyed as six corpses were recovered from Agadama bush, while others are still missing.

A senior security source at the Delta State Police Command, who confirmed the development on condition of anonymity, said: “The recovered corpses of the officers have been deposited at Mariere Central Hospital morgue in Ughelli.

[Vanguard]