Corporal shoots MOPOL commander to death in Bauchi

Corporal shoots MOPOL commander to death in Bauchi

A Police Corporal on Thursday shot and killed the Commanding Officer, Mobile
Police Force, Bauchi, SP Chris Eza.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, said this in a statement
made available to the PUNCH in Bauchi on Friday.
He said, “On the 26/2/2015 (Thursday) at about 11.20pm, the Commanding
officer, Mopol 10 PMF, Bauchi, SP Chris L Eza, was shot by a Police Corporal
while on routine visit at the Stop and Search point, along Ahmadu Bello way,
Bauchi.
“Victim was rushed to ATBU Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, where he was certified
dead by a medical doctor and corpse deposited at the mortuary for postmortem
examination.”
Mohammed said the scene of the crime was immediately visited by the
Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Mohammed, and his management team.
He said the suspect had been arrested while the police commissioner had ordered
a full scale investigation into the incident.
The PPRO confirmed on the telephone on Friday that the suspect had been
arrested.
“I told you that the matter is under investigation and it is after we have concluded
that we would know the details of exactly what happened,” he said.