Gunmen have killed an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ukam Efut, at a security checkpoint at Agwa in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.
The gunmen cut off the ASP’s manhood after killing him.
The incident happened on Tuesday evening, it was learned.
After shooting the officer dead, his killers chopped off his manhood and fled with it at about 4pm Okpo-efi junction.
The ASP and his colleagues were attacked at a checkpoint and opened fire on them, adding that Efut was shot dead on the spot while the other cops escaped.
The chairman of the community, Ekene Onyejiekwe, said the ASP’s corpse had been deposited at a morgue in Owerri.
Onyejiekwe said before the killing, the DCO of the police headquarters informed him that a group of policemen had been attacked in the community.
“Before then, some of my people coming back from the farm told me about the incident first. The DCO asked me to assist in evacuating the slain cop. On arrival at the scene of the incident, I saw the DPO, DCO and the Area Commander. The
Area Commander instructed that the remains of the fallen police officer be taken to the morgue.
“Members of the community and security operatives took the body to the morgue in Owerri. That is all I can tell you about the incident.”
The police spokesperson for the Command, Micheal Abattam, had yet to react to the development but a police source said that the slain was newly posted to the area.
The ASP was transferred from Abia State two weeks ago to the area where he was serving as the administrative officer and had two years to his retirement before he was murdered.
