Students Shoot DPO Dead

Students of Federal College of Education have allegedly shot a Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Obudu division in northern Cross River State, Mr Gabriel Amawu, dead.

The incident took place on Tuesday night when students said to be from the College in conjunction with village hoodlums went to rescue some students arrested and detained in the station, Vanguard reports.

A source in the area who prefers anonymity said that  “Some youths and students of the  College were celebrating an end to their examinations when Amawu, suspecting criminal activity, made some arrests which degenerated into a protest by the students”.

The students then mobilised and went to the station to protest the arrest of their colleagues and in the ensuing confusion, the DPO was shot.

DSP Irene Ugbo the Public Relations Officer for the Cross River Police Command said the “DPO was shot right in his office by people suspected to be students of Federal College of Education, Obudu” Irene said some of the suspects are in police custody while the remains of Amawu have been evacuated.