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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR



DPO Dies In Auto Crash

A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ozuoba Police Station in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Abdul Hussain has died in a road accident in Port Harcourt.

Hussain, an Igala from Kogi State, was said to have died after his vehicle, which was being driven by another policeman, lost control and crashed on Sunday.

It was not clear led to the incident.

It was learnt that the late DPO attended a meeting at the Police Officers’ Mess, located along Forces Avenue, in the old Government Reservation Area (GRA), near Government House, Port Harcourt, on Sunday evening, where the issue of send-off for some police officers, especially the outgoing Rivers Commissioner of Police, Suleiman Abba, who was recently promoted as an Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) was discussed.

The DPO was said to be returning to his Port Harcourt residence after the crucial meeting when the vehicle swerved off the road and hit a tree, leading to his death.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Ben Ugwuegbulam, confirmed the incident, and said the deceased DPO was not the person driving the vehicle at the time of the incident.

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