An
Assistant Commissioner of Police identified as Egbe Eko Edum has been hacked to
death in Calabar, Cross River state capital.
The
deceased was on his way home when he was attacked along Murtala Muhammed
highway in Calabar around 1am on Wednesday December 2.
Edum who
was serving as the commander of 73 police mobile force squadron, was hacked
with an axe by unknown assailants who left his corpse on the road.
The state
police spokesperson, Irene Ugbo said;
“He
dropped off from a public transport and had called his wife to pick him up
before he was attacked by the unknown men.
“We are
investigating the incident and the family has recovered the body from the scene
of the tragic incident. He is not serving here. I think he was coming to see
his family here in Cross River, he arrived in Calabar at about 1:am when the
incident happened.”
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